When you pay peanuts...

More reader input on Igor Kwiatkowski’s agent advice relating to the upcoming Qantas commission cuts (TD 16 Jun), this time from Doug Norton of The Junction Travel in Newcastle, NSW - send us yours on feedback@traveldaily.com.au.

The upcoming commission cuts could be a chance for offline carriers to get into the ever decreasing Qantas market share - particularly if they maintain their current commission levels, and try to work with carriers that will truly give you connecting space.

Many times you can get QF on the way out, but then often blocked on the way back.

And spare some sympathy for the Qantas hierarchy who will doubtless be reducing their bonuses by 80% to help the carrier recover from the travails of COVID-19.

Maybe it is not a good idea to expect somebody to sell your product and not be paid enough - the old one about peanuts and monkeys come to mind.

Of course no matter how many nuts you stick in a monkey, he doesn’t turn into an orangutan: one only gets a fat monkey - and it would seem there are plenty of those around in the airline sector.