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The person who was pressured by the false statements of ticket scarcity

• arcticbull 3y ago
  They're not saying there's only that many seats left on the plane - you can get a sense of that by pulling up the seat map. They're saying there's only that many seats left at that price point. It's incumbent on the buyer to know that I think. That information is not hidden.
  • jbverschoor 3y ago
    Which is a useless statement with dynamic pricing. It's ONLY there to put pressure on the visitor.
    • arcticbull 3y ago
      It provides information to the searcher. If I'm looking, I generally search for 1 seat, even if I eventually plan to book for a few people. It's useful for me to know how many people I can book at that price point.
  • snthd 3y ago
    >They're saying there's only that many seats left at that price point. ...which is a lie. If the tickets stop selling the price will drop. If there's a signal indicating a future spike in demand they will jack up the price irrespective of sales.
    • arcticbull 3y ago
      It might, or it might not go down in response to a lack of sales. Some airlines continue to segment their customers by elastic vs. inelastic demand. As departure date approaches their customer mix changes, and it might make sense to raise prices instead of lower them even if it leads to unsold inventory. After all there's a secondary market for unsold inventory - frequent flyer mile redemptions. Its not as cut and dried as you're making it out to be. It is accurate at the time presented. You can buy N seats for $X each, before the next seat is more expensive. That's all you can really ask.