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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by peteretep on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @10:54PM (#13315546) 

    > understanding and 
    > negotiating terms
This sounds like a good job for a flight search engine.
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by lmm on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @03:53AM (#13316724)
That just shifts the cost around, since there's no reason for airlines to cooperate with such a search engine.
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by peteretep on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @08:15AM (#13317957) 

    > since there's no reason for
    > airlines to cooperate with
    > such a search engine
...?

What cooperation is needed? These fares are sold under different fare codes, and the meanings of the fare codes are easily available.

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