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From this and other remarks you seem very keen to demonstrate this is some kind of myth, but none of those items are relevant to my findings, and I didn’t use s

From this and other remarks you seem very keen to demonstrate this is some kind of myth, but none of those items are relevant to my findings, and I didn’t use such an elaborate method, nor one so prone to glitches. I simply said “I’m from country X” during the booking process. Same website, same vehicle stock, same inclusions, same taxes, same T&Cs. 40% different rate code (actually 38%, if I recall precisely). Also, I have first-hand knowledge. I’ve worked on travel sector booking systems. Others here have explained in detail the many varieties of segmentation applied in the sector. From my experience of seeing the actual source code and business rules in a production system, they’re right. This is not an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence. It’s already widely known and documented.

crazygringo 4y ago
It is an extraordinary claim, and no it's not widely known and documented. I can't find any reliable Google results on it at all that indicates it's a common ongoing practice. And your explanation makes no sense, because prices are advertised clearly in searching long before any "I'm from country X" dropdown, which only appears in the final stages of booking. Prices don't change after you put in your driver's license nationality. Nor are you providing a single link to any site where anyone can test it out. So yes, it seems like a myth, an extraordinary claim that does require, well not extraordinary evidence, but just evidence at all.
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