Wata rana, wani jirgin. A matsayin darektan tallace-tallace na Rearden Commerce, farawa a Foster City, California, Mike Lawrence yana tashi mil 100,000 a shekara amma ya yarda cewa tun bayan koma bayan tattalin arziki, ana bincikar tafiyarsa. "Ba wai ina buƙatar zuwa wani birni daban don yin taro ba, amma tabbatar da cewa na zaɓi mafi ƙarancin farashi a duk fannonin tafiye-tafiye - iska, mota, otal, cin abinci, filin ajiye motoci. Duk abin yana da mahimmanci yanzu, ”in ji shi.
Duk da haka Mista Lawrence har yanzu yana tabbatar da cewa ya zaɓi jirgin sama iri ɗaya idan zai yiwu. “Shirye-shiryen na yau da kullun suna da matukar mahimmanci wajen tasiri na zabi. Tare da Alaska Airlines, matsayina na Zinariya yana nufin in sami haɓaka ta atomatik zuwa aji na farko a mafi yawan lokuta, mafi kyawun kujeru idan ba haka ba, kafin hawan jirgi, mil mil biyu - har ma da hadaddiyar giyar kyauta ko da ina a baya. "
Idan kun yi sa'a har yanzu kuna cikin aiki tare da ma'aikacin da ke son biyan kuɗin jirgin sama, ba a taɓa samun mafi kyawun lokacin zama mai tashi da saukar jiragen sama akai-akai ba yayin da kamfanonin jiragen sama masu matsananciyar matsananciyar raguwar mil da shirye-shiryen amincin su ke buƙata don fansar jiragen sama kyauta ko ninka nisan mil da ke kirga zuwa matsayin “elite”.
Amma akwai kuma wani dalili: mitoci masu yawan gaske suna zama masu nauyi a kan ma'auni na jirgin sama a matsayin abin biyan kuɗi, har sai an fanshe su. Don haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa dillalai suna ba da kujerun jirgin sama akai-akai fiye da kowane lokaci. A Delta, babban jirgin sama a duniya, yawan mil da abokan ciniki ke samu a duk shekara a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata ya karu da kashi 25 cikin dari, in ji Jeff Robertson, mataimakin shugaban kamfanin na shirye-shiryen aminci.
Mista Robertson yana bayan watakila babban haɓakar wannan bazara. Har zuwa ƙarshen wannan shekara, fasinjoji za su iya samun ninki biyu akai-akai don duk jiragen Delta da Arewa maso Yamma da kuma a duk nau'ikan sabis. Dole ne masu wasiƙa su riƙe katin kiredit na Delta SkyMiles don samun miliyon kari, amma ba dole ba ne a caje tikitin zuwa katin.
Sauran kamfanonin jiragen sama, da suka haɗa da American, United, Qantas da Jet Airways suna ba da sabbin yarjejeniyoyin ga membobin shirye-shiryensu na aminci.
Shin dabarar tana aiki? Akwai wasu shaidun da ke nuna cewa matafiya suna amfani da mil a yanzu saboda tsabar kuɗi - ko kuma saboda suna tsammanin kamfanonin jiragen sama masu wahala za su ƙara matakan lada a cikin watanni masu zuwa.
Amma a cikin wannan koma bayan tattalin arziki, ƙimar gaske ga kamfanonin jiragen sama na shirye-shiryen aminci ya ta'allaka ne ga ikonsu na samar da kuɗi maimakon aminci. Jay Sorensen, wani tsohon shugaban kamfanin Midwest Airlines kuma yanzu shugaban IdeaWorks, mai ba da shawara ya ce: "Shirye-shiryen na yau da kullun ba sa aiki don fitar da aminci kaɗai, amma don isar da ƙarin kuɗi, galibi ta hanyar siyar da mil zuwa bankuna masu ba da kati." m.
A Delta kadai, Mista Robertson ya ce ana sa ran shirye-shiryen SkyMiles da WorldPerk za su samar da sama da dala biliyan 2 a cikin kudaden shiga a shekarar 2009. United da Continental kowannensu ya tara tsabar kudi a bara daga tallace-tallacen mil zuwa abokin aikinsu na katin, JPMorgan Chase.
"Lokaci mai wahala na tattalin arziki ya ƙarfafa kamfanonin jiragen sama su dogara da irin wannan jin daɗi na ɗan gajeren lokaci," in ji Mista Sorensen, wanda ya yi la'akari da cewa lokacin da masu zuba jari suka dawo da wasu manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama za su yi kokarin sayar da shirye-shiryensu.
Har sai lokacin, wasu dillalai suna ƙoƙarin samar da ƙarin kudin shiga daga abokan ciniki masu aminci ta hanyar cajin jiyya na fifiko, kamar saurin binciken tsaro, haɓakawa har ma da sarrafa tikitin kyautar mil.
"Mafi jurewa sakamakon koma bayan tattalin arziki zai kasance kuɗaɗen tashin hankali da ke da alaƙa da shirye-shiryen aminci" in ji Tim Winship, mawallafin gidan yanar gizon FrequentFlier. "Kamfanonin jiragen sama suna sanya su a cikin matsanancin yunƙuri na tara kudaden shiga, kuma ba za a soke su nan gaba ba."
"Gaskiya, tare da duk sabbin kudade da ƙarancin ƙarfi da ƙarancin haɓakawa ajin farko da ake samu kowace rana, zan yi farin cikin kiyaye abubuwa a inda suke," in ji Mike Lawrence, yayin da yake shirin tashi na gaba. "Yana da ɗan rago, amma tare da duk abin da ke faruwa a cikin tafiye-tafiye kwanakin nan, zan ɗauki hakan a matsayin babban ci gaba."
