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At the time when southwest cut them off, the online travel sites were expecting $5 to $10 in compensation. Offering the lowest price required trimming that cost
by nitwit005 7y ago
At the time when southwest cut them off, the online travel sites were expecting $5 to $10 in compensation. Offering the lowest price required trimming that cost.
News story from 2002: https://www.cnet.com/news/southwest-soars-without-travel-sites/ https://www.cnet.com/news/southwest-soars-without-travel-sit...
- Dylan16807 7y agoTo trim the cost of a referral program, you shut down the referral program. Or cut the payout. That's not a reason to stop supplying data entirely.
- nitwit005 7y agoThere are a lot of sites that I would love if they had nice free APIs. People generally don't create those without a financial benefit.
- Dylan16807 7y agoThe financial benefit is getting flight bookings. This is an API where the airline effectively charged a negative cost for use. If they decided it was too negative, why not try adjusting the price?