No, a commodity is something you purchase based solely on price without regard for any differentiating factors related to provider. Think crude oil. Oil's price

No, a commodity is something you purchase based solely on price without regard for any differentiating factors related to provider. Think crude oil. Oil's price goes up, oil's price goes down, but ultimately you're only thinking about the price, not whether that oil comes from one large drilling conglomerate or the next. Oil is oil, and a plane ticket is a plane ticket.