How Google I/O impacts Airbnb Availability

Re:How Google I/O impacts Airbnb Availability by gambiting on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @08:37AM (#7943503)

>> you can get dirt cheap fares, much cheaper than the regular/full fare.

I think you got tricked into believing that you are getting a deal. You are not. The "dirt cheap" fare is what the regular/full fare should be, it's not a promotion or a good deal.

The problem with Shinkansen pricing is that its always expensive. There is no surge pricing,but the baseline price is still too expensive. That is an entirely different problem altogether.

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Re:How Google I/O impacts Airbnb Availability by haberman on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:43AM (#7944650)

> The "dirt cheap" fare is what the regular/full fare should be

Why? Just because you say so?

What if the "dirt cheap" fare, offered all the time, wouldn't even cover the costs of running the line?

Is your salary higher than you absolutely need to survive? If so, how do you justify your demand-based rate hike?

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Re:How Google I/O impacts Airbnb Availability by jpatokal on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @07:46PM (#7947402)

I've paid something like 10 euros to travel the ~250km from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt in a high-speed ICE bullet train. There is no way in hell they could operate that service if everybody was paying that price.

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