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Absolutely. I had a 25% discount offer for the same flight when booking through the American site vs. the European one. Unfortunately, they also asked for an in

Absolutely. I had a 25% discount offer for the same flight when booking through the American site vs. the European one. Unfortunately, they also asked for an invoice address in the states. So I opted out of that airline altogether. Just wait for the day when airlines buy hotel booking data and increase your price because you already booked a non-refundable room. Or they look into your messaging service or social network for clues in how determined you are to go (e.g., to a funeral or job interview). Privacy is valuable, indeed. Even in hard cash.

tayo42 4y ago
last second trips are already expensive, why would they need to go through your private messages?
TylerE 4y ago
Sounds like VAT? We do t have that in the US, so our prices are about 20% lower. You still get taxed, it’s just not rolled into the advertised price.
- matsur 4y ago
  Quoted airfares are required by law to include taxes in the US.
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- Symbiote 4y ago
  There's no EU VAT on international flights to/from the EU. (Which is unfortunate, as there usually is VAT on train tickets.)
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raverbashing 4y ago
> buy hotel booking data and increase your price because you already booked a non-refundable room Actually this is (usually) the opposite Tickets sold for tourism are usually cheaper than a non-tourism ticket to the same place, so the ticket might be conditioned to being sold together with a hotel booking (travel agents like selling those combos)
- Ekaros 4y ago
  Wouldn't combo be more expensive? As there is increased risks to travel agents. Flight+Hotel is considered a package and you have to provide, replace or refund both if one falls through. The difference with tourism is that usually they are not refundable or have quite limited refundability and these all thus sold for less.
  - wongarsu 4y ago
    Tourists are typically more price sensitive, so airlines look for ways to sell cheaper flights to tourists while still charging everyone else more. Package deals are one way to achieve that
smcl 4y ago
Could be due to the added consumer protections and rights you get within the EU - regulations on how the airline should treat you when they cancel flights or when they arrive late etc?
- gambiting 4y ago
  Those apply to every passanger regardless of where they are from - as long as the flight departs from or arrives to an EU country you get full protection as passangers.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    That's not true. The EU consumer protection laws apply to you if you bought the tickets from their EU legal entity. If your flight is cancelled you get it refunded or monetary compensation only if you bought it from the EU website of the airline. If you bought it form another country, then the laws of that country apply. It's simple.
    - PaulIH 4y ago
      EU air passenger rights apply no matter the airline or where you purchased them from if your flight is from the EU or within the EU. If your flight is to the EU they only apply if it's a EU airline. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-right...
    - harvey9 4y ago
      That's not true either. Full rules are here https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-right...
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postdb 4y ago
>Just wait for the day when airlines buy hotel booking data and increase your price because you already booked a non-refundable room. Or they look into your messaging service or social network for clues in how determined you are to go (e.g., to a funeral or job interview). Privacy is valuable, indeed. Even in hard cash. Glad someone mentioned it, one of reasons to NOT use any social media. Pretty sure, this is already in the plans for all the big social media companies. Most people use social media platform, or messenger owned by those companies to communicate between friends and family not realising the side effects. Please, use some kind of E2E app and make sure the people who are running the server doesn't have access to your data and meta data.

tayo42 4y ago

last second trips are already expensive, why would they need to go through your private messages?

TylerE 4y ago

Sounds like VAT? We do t have that in the US, so our prices are about 20% lower. You still get taxed, it’s just not rolled into the advertised price.

matsur 4y ago
Quoted airfares are required by law to include taxes in the US.
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Symbiote 4y ago
There's no EU VAT on international flights to/from the EU. (Which is unfortunate, as there usually is VAT on train tickets.)
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raverbashing 4y ago

> buy hotel booking data and increase your price because you already booked a non-refundable room Actually this is (usually) the opposite Tickets sold for tourism are usually cheaper than a non-tourism ticket to the same place, so the ticket might be conditioned to being sold together with a hotel booking (travel agents like selling those combos)

Ekaros 4y ago
Wouldn't combo be more expensive? As there is increased risks to travel agents. Flight+Hotel is considered a package and you have to provide, replace or refund both if one falls through. The difference with tourism is that usually they are not refundable or have quite limited refundability and these all thus sold for less.
- wongarsu 4y ago
  Tourists are typically more price sensitive, so airlines look for ways to sell cheaper flights to tourists while still charging everyone else more. Package deals are one way to achieve that

smcl 4y ago

Could be due to the added consumer protections and rights you get within the EU - regulations on how the airline should treat you when they cancel flights or when they arrive late etc?

gambiting 4y ago
Those apply to every passanger regardless of where they are from - as long as the flight departs from or arrives to an EU country you get full protection as passangers.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  That's not true. The EU consumer protection laws apply to you if you bought the tickets from their EU legal entity. If your flight is cancelled you get it refunded or monetary compensation only if you bought it from the EU website of the airline. If you bought it form another country, then the laws of that country apply. It's simple.
  - PaulIH 4y ago
    EU air passenger rights apply no matter the airline or where you purchased them from if your flight is from the EU or within the EU. If your flight is to the EU they only apply if it's a EU airline. https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-right...
  - harvey9 4y ago
    That's not true either. Full rules are here https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-right...
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postdb 4y ago

>Just wait for the day when airlines buy hotel booking data and increase your price because you already booked a non-refundable room. Or they look into your messaging service or social network for clues in how determined you are to go (e.g., to a funeral or job interview). Privacy is valuable, indeed. Even in hard cash. Glad someone mentioned it, one of reasons to NOT use any social media. Pretty sure, this is already in the plans for all the big social media companies. Most people use social media platform, or messenger owned by those companies to communicate between friends and family not realising the side effects. Please, use some kind of E2E app and make sure the people who are running the server doesn't have access to your data and meta data.