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Junk fees obscuring true pricing reduce the efficiency of a market. Efficient markets require transparent pricing and surprise fees disclosed later in booking
by mlyle 2y ago
Junk fees obscuring true pricing reduce the efficiency of a market. Efficient markets require transparent pricing and surprise fees disclosed later in booking are the opposite of this.
So, yes— please make pricing simple enough that you can disclose everything up front, even if that means many “extras” are rolled into the base fare.
- filleokus 2y ago... or some standardised why to compare the total cost across carriers on a meta search engine (kinda what Google Flights allows you to do with luggage).
- mlyle 2y agoYes. But even so, fees like this can also be a backdoor way to do what would otherwise unlawful conduct (discriminating against children or other groups).