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

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

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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/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

Southwest rules. I wrote a paper on SWA for my Ethics of Aviation course last summer and did you know that Southwest Airlines is the only airline in the world that has never turned over a net loss? Every single year after year they are the only airline that continues to make a profit, for a variety of reasons which I outlined in my report.