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Re:Proposed rule would ban airlines from charging parents to... by bryanlarsen on Thursday August 01, 2024 @12:00PM (#41130586)
Many people use Google or Expedia or Kayak or similar to buy their airline tickets rather than the airline's own site, and almost reflexively clicks on the cheapest ticket. Especially the type of person who will refuse to pay a convenience fee.

Any airline that pockets the fees rather than using it to lower fares is going to lose a lot of business on competitive routes.

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Re:Proposed rule would ban airlines from charging parents to... by bigstrat2003 on Thursday August 01, 2024 @12:17PM (#41130771)
Except choosing your own seat costs the airline absolutely nothing. The competitive pressure you speak of does not require them to cut this particular corner in order to be able to race to the bottom, it is simply greed on the airlines' part.
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