How Retailers Use Personalized Prices

Re:How Retailers Use Personalized Prices by nopzor on Sunday October 22, 2017 @11:15AM (#15527155)

Yeah airlines "yield management" and "pricing" departments are indeed a black art.

But, by and large, they're still not "personalizing" pricing. Instead they are basing pricing on factors like demand, destination, whether you're doing a Saturday stay (business travelers wont, so they'll charge more), how close you are to departure, etc etc.

Plus they're now tweaking their frequent flier programs as a way to encourage people not to buy the "absolute cheapest" fare available.

I recently booked a delta flight from sfo to San Juan, connecting in jfk. Got off in jfk and "missed" my flight. Saved over $1000 versus buying a ticket on the same flight from sfo to jjfk.

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Re:How Retailers Use Personalized Prices by ubernostrum on Sunday October 22, 2017 @07:02PM (#15529510)

You did a hidden-city ticket, is what you mean.

Airlines don't much care for that, and are known to shut down frequent-flyer accounts or take other punitive actions against you if you do that.

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Re:How Retailers Use Personalized Prices by gwenzek on Sunday October 22, 2017 @01:52PM (#15527994)

They also charge you more if you visit their website several times in a row or if you look up the prices from a Mac book. So that's personalized.

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