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Re:Uber's "Route-Based Pricing" Predicts How Much You're Wil... by vkou on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:45PM (#14379575)
I've just done a few Google searches for flights (SEA to SFO, LAX to NYC) while logged into two different google accounts, as well as Incognito mode. All the quotes were the same.

I saw the same result on google.ca, and google.co.uk (When adjusted for exchange rates.)

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Re:Uber's "Route-Based Pricing" Predicts How Much You're Wil... by kirykl on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:58PM (#14379656)
The airline personalized pricing is (or used to be) based on 'purchase city' - they may be using a method to identify it that incognito mode doesn't break
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