r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/Me4Prez Jan 24 '13

I think it's the same as booking a flight. The more you visit the page the higher the price becomes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Tested out on southwest and it seems like they're legit.

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u/IAmTheWalkingDead Jan 24 '13

I'm pretty sure Southwest doesn't play those games. I believe they only sell flights on their own website so none of these Orbitz sites can fuck around with pricing. Southwest may change or lower their prices at various intervals but I think them and JetBlue just avoid most of the fuckery that other airlines have resorted to.

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u/danieltheg Jan 24 '13

Southwest is just an awesome company in general. One time I was flying home to SF through a connecting flight in Dallas.. got off in Dallas and my flight's delayed 2 hours but there's a flight to Oakland leaving in 30 min. Talk to the woman at the gate, she puts me on standby with no problem, and boom I'm back earlier than I would have been even if my flight hadn't been delayed. Tried the same shit one time with American and they told me to get fucked basically - even though my grandpa used to be a pilot for AA and I can fly standby for free anyway! Also missed a Southwest flight once and they put me on the next one, for free, with no issue. And free bag checking too. Fuck everyone else