Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing

Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by 3dGrabber on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:49PM (#16460789)

This video does a good job explaining how airline pricing works nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qfeoqErtY Basically, from the info they get, (destination, departure date, return date, etc.) they try to guess what kind of traveler the customer is and price the ticket accordingly. E.g. if there is no weekend between departure and return, they think that you must be a business traveler so the ticket is more expensive.

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Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by roscoebeezie on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:31PM (#16461012)

Yeah as a person who works heavily in the airline ticket pricing world, that’s not how it works.

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Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by dawnerd on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:49PM (#16461947)

I fly fairly frequently and cal tell that’s not always how it works too. I don’t work in airlines but I wager it mainly has to do with demand and filling seats, much like hotels.

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Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by fphhotchips on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @01:12AM (#16471433)

Honestly the video GP meant to post is probably quite accurate; the GP has just summarised it poorly.

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Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by andruby on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:54PM (#16460810)

The link you posted goes to a video that explains "how overnight shipping works". Do they explain airline pricing as part of that video?

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Re:Airlines inching closer to dynamic pricing by gpvos on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:45PM (#16461077)

Should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72hlr-E7KA0 , an earlier video by the same guy.

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