In the UK there is a budget airline who a couple of week back were caught out "interfering."
When someone looked up a fare they were quoted something like £120 but they waited a day before going back to book it. By then the price had risen to £230 odd.
When they cleared their browser cookies the price mysteriously dropped back to £120.
The airline were fiddling with pricing based on a consumer expressed intent that wasn't followed through.
i.e. we can infere you are interested in this flight as you looked at it yesterday so we've upped the price.
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When someone looked up a fare they were quoted something like £120 but they waited a day before going back to book it. By then the price had risen to £230 odd.
When they cleared their browser cookies the price mysteriously dropped back to £120.
The airline were fiddling with pricing based on a consumer expressed intent that wasn't followed through.
i.e. we can infere you are interested in this flight as you looked at it yesterday so we've upped the price.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by @barneyc.
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