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flight tickets usually are not a scarce commodity that attracts scalpers If airline ticket resale was as easy as concert tickets, you'd probably see a predator

flight tickets usually are not a scarce commodity that attracts scalpers If airline ticket resale was as easy as concert tickets, you'd probably see a predatory scalping market develop. Airplane tickets are scarce in that there is limited ability to adjust supply, especially in the short term. If flights to a destination are booked, you can't just throw another plane on the route because the gates are limited and inflexible.

Marsymars 2y ago
> If airline ticket resale was as easy as concert tickets, you'd probably see a predatory scalping market develop. I don't think so, because a predatory scalping market only happens when artists are pricing their tickets below the market rate. Airlines have so such compunction, so they'd just raise their prices until scalpers no longer had a margin opportunity. Or, to put in another way, airline pricing is already as "predatory" as the most aggressive scalping markets.