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The apparent low price is caused by advertising and word of mouth. Everyone knows that Ryanair sells €10 tickets from A to B, see? And Ryanair really does, a fe
by Arnt 3y ago
The apparent low price is caused by advertising and word of mouth. Everyone knows that Ryanair sells €10 tickets from A to B, see? And Ryanair really does, a few seats per plane.
The average actual price is the average of the total price paid, which is not just the first few seats per plane, and which also includes all those taxes and extras.
If people make travel decisions before buying the tickets (as they're almost forced to), then some/many of them will base the decision of how to travel on the word-of-mouth price they've already heard rather than on the price they'll see at the end of the purchase process.
- stavros 3y agoI see, thanks, so the EU is basically trying to stop the marketing tactic. That makes sense, though it's not about stopping "cheap flights" then (I haven't seen a 10 € ticket with Ryan in years).
- Arnt 3y agoIt's what I assume is the motivation. An example of the kind of motivation for which a minimum price is a sensible action.