Bizarre business logic
I came across a good example today of bizarre business logic. I have return air fares from Albury to Sydney, which I booked in May, to attend the Super Test. I leave early on Friday and come home late on Sunday.
Having found the cricket admission prices too high at $125 per day, I will now only attend the first two days. So I tried to reschedule my return flight from 8.15pm to earlier in the day.
I checked the online prices. The earliest flight only cost $81, which was close to my original price. The next flight was $110 and my already-booked flight was $210.
Clearly my flight was in demand, but the others weren’t.
However, Regional Express (Rex) wanted me to pay $40 for switching flights. If I changed, it would have done them a favor, as it seems they could resell the 8.15pm flight for full fare.
As it stands I’m staying in Sydney until 8.15pm.
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Michael, I’m staggered at the $125 per day entry fee. For that amount I could:
a. Go to the AFL grand final (but only if St Kilda were playing - maybe next year)
b. Attend a Delta Goodrem concert (now that’s good value if you’re under 13)
c. Take a tandem paragliding ride at Mystic Hill in Bright (I’d have to get drunk first though)
d. Subscribe to 3 months of Austar pay TV and see all world sporting events and endless AFL footy
e. Pay half of my candidacy for council fee
I guess if you’re a cricket enthusiast though it’s a rare opportunity to see the best players in one match. The only test match I’ve attended and enjoyed was the Centenary Test in 1977. I was invited to a private box for day 2 - the day Lillee bowled England out for 95 and David Hookes made his test debut and hit those 5 consecutive fours off Tony Greig. I would have paid $125 for the privilege of being there that day but I got it (and endless alcoholic beverages) for free!
Yes, it’s steep. There are three grades of prices: $60, $85 and $125. I wanted to spend three days here and would have paid $85 a day, but they were sold out.
The $125 seats are excellent, in the stand, but not too high, nearly behind the bowler’s arm. They’re all sold too.
The only vacant seats are the $60 ones in less-attractive parts of the ground.
It’s interesting to note the crowd on day one must have been about 90 percent male. I never realised cricket crowds in Sydney were so blokey; that’s not the case in Melbourne.