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Travel

Lydia Leftcoast

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9. A travel agent I used to use in Oregon once

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 04:22 PM

Feb 2014

quipped that she thought the airlines set fares either with a dartboard or by spinning a roulette wheel.

She said this after I booked a flight PDX<>MSP (i.e. Portland, OR to Minneapolis) for $198, when the price had been $550 the day before.

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Airfare question for anyone who might understand... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 OP

Better read the fine print. Anytime you don't show for a leg, the remainder of the tix CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #1

Not a problem these are one way tix. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #2

OK but never underestimate the sneakiness of the airlines. What's to prevent them from... CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #4

It has been abandoned as a pricing ploy... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #6

Pricing in the airline industry is one of the mysteries of life. CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #7

Thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #8

A travel agent I used to use in Oregon once Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2014 #9

Airlines base their prices on the end points and competition, not so much their actual costs Major Nikon Feb 2014 #3

I don't know... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #5