Re:Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”?
by AdamJacobMuller on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:45PM
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> Federal laws written JUST FOR THEM
This isn't because the airlines were/are particularly egregious about false advertising, but, because the cost of a ticket is a particularly complicated equation and what, exactly, should be required to be included in a displayed price needed to be harmonized across the entire industry and I would perhaps argue needs to be harmonized further.
E.g. Delta sells a ticket on a route for $500 all-inclusive. Southwest advertises the same ticket for $300 but doesn't include $300 in taxes/fees/surcharges/whatever in that price. The Southwest ticket is more expensive but in the absence of standardization of what must be included in the advertised price, neither is inherently right or wrong.
The whole system there probably requires some updating now too, with some carriers now doing things like not including any checked baggage, or not including reserved seating.
This isn't because the airlines were/are particularly egregious about false advertising, but, because the cost of a ticket is a particularly complicated equation and what, exactly, should be required to be included in a displayed price needed to be harmonized across the entire industry and I would perhaps argue needs to be harmonized further.
E.g. Delta sells a ticket on a route for $500 all-inclusive. Southwest advertises the same ticket for $300 but doesn't include $300 in taxes/fees/surcharges/whatever in that price. The Southwest ticket is more expensive but in the absence of standardization of what must be included in the advertised price, neither is inherently right or wrong.
The whole system there probably requires some updating now too, with some carriers now doing things like not including any checked baggage, or not including reserved seating.