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Also, there is no real market for airline tickets, because you can't, as a consumer, decide to resell them. So their prices are often set in very bizarre ways (
by edanm 8y ago
Also, there is no real market for airline tickets, because you can't, as a consumer, decide to resell them. So their prices are often set in very bizarre ways (leading to prices jumping around minute to minute by crazy algorithms.) I think a big part of this situation is for security purposes.
- selestify 8y agoWhy would preventing reselling of airline tickets promote security?
- edanm 8y agoI think the idea is that tickets are tied to a real person's identity (via their passport number), you can't sell to somebody else, who might be a threat, because the airline won't let them on. Compare to, say, a car, where no one verifies that you aren't selling your car to someone without a license (or that intends to commit a terror attack, say).