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The one that really annoys me is when they do this for airline tickets. Airlines release tickets for a flight in batches of 10, which is why you never see a "o
by nend 5y ago
The one that really annoys me is when they do this for airline tickets.
Airlines release tickets for a flight in batches of 10, which is why you never see a "only x seats left" message where x is greater than 10. Once all 10 are sold, the next bucket of 10 are released at a new price depending on the demand of the previous 10. (I'm sure there's more to it than this, been a little while since I worked in the industry but that's the gist of it).
There's already existing regulations around purchasing flights (in the US). For instance on a flight results page after searching, you have to show the full price with fees, you can't just show the ticket price. I feel like it can't be that hard to regulate the "x seats left" messages too.
- newaccount74 5y ago> you have to show the full price with fees, you can't just show the ticket price The most ridiculous consequence of that is that Ryan Air started charging for cabin luggage. So they show the "full price", but only in the end you realise that you have to pay extra to take a small suitcase with you (which is included on every other airline...).
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIt has been standard in the US for a few years now that the “basic economy” or otherwise cheapest price does not include carry on luggage.
- AtNightWeCode 5y agoDo you know what is even more annoying? Travel companies do not care who is buying the tickets. I know people working in the sector and they get notices exactly when the first tickets are released. It is like an unofficial part of the benefits. In EU this is very close to tax evasion.