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Can someone tell me how airlines set their prices?
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:09 pm
Some people and I are looking at preliminary plans of taking a trip this year. So I go to some flight websites and a nonstop flight from Atlanta is currently like $450. No thanks. However, a buddy who would be coming from Charlotte said that his flight (on the same dates, to the same place) had a layover in Atlanta and it was only $200!
Wtf? What is the rationale behind this? His trip will involve multiple flights, more gas, more time, and will layover in our city yet his is half the price as ours. I don't get it.
Wtf? What is the rationale behind this? His trip will involve multiple flights, more gas, more time, and will layover in our city yet his is half the price as ours. I don't get it.
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Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:10 pm to WG_Dawg
Supply and demand.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:11 pm to WG_Dawg
Factors: Gas prices, demand/ time of year
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:11 pm to WG_Dawg
quote:
a nonstop flight from Atlanta is currently like $450.
maybe this is the reason?
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:11 pm to WG_Dawg
Skiplagged.com
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:12 pm to WG_Dawg
It's based on race, sex, and religion.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:12 pm to WG_Dawg
price a flight from Atlanta to Charlotte back to Atlanta then to your final destination if you really want to save money
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:13 pm to WG_Dawg
If you're in a hub, you're likely going to pay more unless there are multiple airlines competing against one another. Supply and demand, you're hub captive and they know it. That's why new orleans usually has decent priced flights compared to ATL EWR or SFO let's use as examples. Where are you going/when and I might be able to help you find a cheaper flight
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:51 pm to WG_Dawg
I just helped a friend with a flight from LAX to New Orleans.
I found him a one way $122 fare and booked the flight from LAX to Houston Hobby. This flight stopped in New Orleans before backtracking to Houston.
The same flight with just the LAX to MSY portion was close to $200.
Go figure that one out.
I found him a one way $122 fare and booked the flight from LAX to Houston Hobby. This flight stopped in New Orleans before backtracking to Houston.
The same flight with just the LAX to MSY portion was close to $200.
Go figure that one out.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:53 pm to WG_Dawg
They charge as much as they can get away with for the convenience of a non stop, just like a convenience store charges you more a milk.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:53 pm to WG_Dawg
Southwest is running some killer promotions between certain hubs, and if you book 14 days in advance.
Posted on 1/14/16 at 3:59 pm to WG_Dawg
Phase 1: Collect Underpants
Phase 3: Profit
Phase 3: Profit
Posted on 1/14/16 at 4:33 pm to WG_Dawg
OP, if you're going to do the hidden city ticketing don't check a bag.
This may have been obvious but people sometimes miss the details.
This may have been obvious but people sometimes miss the details.
This post was edited on 1/14/16 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 1/15/16 at 12:27 am to WG_Dawg
quote:
Some people and I are looking at preliminary plans of taking a trip this year. So I go to some flight websites and a nonstop flight from Atlanta is currently like $450. No thanks. However, a buddy who would be coming from Charlotte said that his flight (on the same dates, to the same place) had a layover in Atlanta and it was only $200!
Wtf? What is the rationale behind this? His trip will involve multiple flights, more gas, more time, and will layover in our city yet his is half the price as ours. I don't get it.
just to be clear, you are asking why a high demand ticket is expensive?
I mean how many people could want to travel from ATL to MEM for a GA vs. OM game. They have X number of seats and want the maximum value they can get, sort of like every business on earth.
Posted on 1/15/16 at 12:36 am to WG_Dawg
Collusion
Posted on 1/15/16 at 6:15 am to WG_Dawg
I have a related question.
Remember how airlines added a baggage fee to anything you wouldn't carry on? $20 a bag?
That was from the high gas prices. How come that fee has never gone away?
Has it now turned into a convenience tax?
Remember how airlines added a baggage fee to anything you wouldn't carry on? $20 a bag?
That was from the high gas prices. How come that fee has never gone away?
Has it now turned into a convenience tax?
Posted on 1/15/16 at 6:42 am to WG_Dawg
It basically is available seats per mile divided by costs per available seats per mile. So if a plane has 30 seats and is traveling 100 miles that is 3,000 available seats per mile. If it were a 1000 that is 30,000. That number is divided by the costs per mile. The lower the ratio the closer to break even for the flight and that ratio drives the price per available seats mile.
Using these formulas it is easy to see why non-stops can be more expensive. Also, it is the aircrafts mileage that matters not yours. So one plane who flies coast to coast with no stops should have a higher price per mile than one who has 5 stops on the same route because there is a higher chance of selling more tickets (people get off and on and not just one fatass in the same seat the entire time.) Hub flying is usually cheaper too because of the shared savings of gates, ground crews etc. Of course, also into this goes demand factors.
Using these formulas it is easy to see why non-stops can be more expensive. Also, it is the aircrafts mileage that matters not yours. So one plane who flies coast to coast with no stops should have a higher price per mile than one who has 5 stops on the same route because there is a higher chance of selling more tickets (people get off and on and not just one fatass in the same seat the entire time.) Hub flying is usually cheaper too because of the shared savings of gates, ground crews etc. Of course, also into this goes demand factors.
This post was edited on 1/15/16 at 6:45 am
Posted on 1/15/16 at 7:44 am to WG_Dawg
I hate air travel. Find parking at airport just to get raped on daily fees, be there two hours before flight just to get to the gate with 20 mins to spare, pay baggage fee, stand in line for anal probing by TSA, wait forever to get your seat because everyone and their mother are shoving bags in the overhead bins, find out your seat just lost an inch of leg room since the latest refurbishment of plane, take forever to debark plane because we are too busy clearing out the overhead bins, wait forever at baggage claim, walk outside of terminal and walk through a haze of smoke felling like you have just smoked 2 packs, find your piece of shite luxury rental car that is really a Dodge Dart.....
/rant
Give me the good ol Interstate instead. My rule is if it takes more than 10 hours to drive, I fly.
/rant
Give me the good ol Interstate instead. My rule is if it takes more than 10 hours to drive, I fly.
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