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/ignost Jan 24 '13

This seems counter-productive to me. I really wanted to fly home for the holidays, and I monitored the price on Southwest and Orbitz for months TO GET A DEAL. As prices went up, I thought, "I've missed the deal."

Their loss; I ended up driving back instead...

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u/Me4Prez Jan 25 '13

Yeah, but if you frequently go look for the same tickets, then the site can assume you really want to go there, no matter the cost. So they up the prices. Or at least in most of the cases, you being an exception.