Do Flight Ticket Prices Increase on Weekends?

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  HardQuiz on 21/01/2017 - 17:44

  +1

  Why one way ?

  Try incognito mode or a different browser. Also, think about going to Busan instead of ICN.

  Oh, and pull the trigger once you see a good price.

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    StewBalls on 21/01/2017 - 21:23

    Try incognito mode or a different browser.

    This. The search engines have gotten very smart & sneaky nowadays…you will be shocked by the differences you find in the same search using incognito mode. :/

    Also, think about going to Busan…

    Be wary of taking the train though…I hear it's riddled with zombies! ;)

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      [Deactivated] on 21/01/2017 - 22:27

      you will be shocked by the differences you find in the same search using incognito mode.

      I think you'll find that its illegal in most jurisdictions for a company to charge you more for an identical product, based on some browsing profile they've built up … easily gets into the territory of breaching consumer law, as well as anti-discrimination law.

      Instead companies do more sneaky things like changing the ordering of the search results, so the cheaper results are suppressed, unless you really look for them.

      Incidentally, google's monopoly on search presents a similar issue - they way they rank search results can be highly subjective. I'm pretty sure they skew rankings based on their own political agenda, be that driver less cars, civilian drones or hillary clinton.

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        StewBalls on 22/01/2017 - 07:35

        I think you'll find that its illegal in most jurisdictions…

        It still happens though, just try it & see for yourself.

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        [Deactivated] on 22/01/2017 - 22:51

        @StewBalls:

        It still happens though, just try it & see for yourself.

        I have … it always comes down to ordering of search results … I'm still to find a case where an identical product is more expensive, based on the user's profile.

        For airfares, they'll do things like show you a more expensive booking class or include optional extras in the fare. For hotels, they'll show you a room on a higher floor or with a better view.

        Apart from possibly breaching consumer law/anti discrimination laws - it's just bad business practice to have different prices on different sales channels. Think about it, they jack up the price on the website … customer goes to physical travel agent or another website, buys the same airfare for the regular price. Airline misses out on direct sale and is stuck paying commission to an agent.

        I'm all about conspiracy theories and as much as I'd love to believe this one, there's just too many holes in it.

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  Pharos5 on 21/01/2017 - 17:49

  Most likely, as alluded to above, they've tracked your browsing through your 'cookies' and realised you're a return shopper who is more likely to accept w higher price.

  Could be a bunch of things, though.

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  retiredfeline on 21/01/2017 - 17:50

  $249 to KL alone would have been a good deal. You sure you weren't looking at KUL-ICN? If not I'd say you've missed out.

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    somebargainhunter77 on 21/01/2017 - 17:58

    It was MEL - KUL - ICN. The promotion is supposed to run till 22nd January so I was going to buy it today. So much regrets

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  somebargainhunter77 on 21/01/2017 - 17:56

  Hey guys,

  1. Getting one way ticket as I'm going to Korea, then Japan then catch a one way flight from Japan to Melbourne (which was also $189 yesterday, now $400~)

  2. I've cleared cookies, tried incognito, VPN, still the same price :(

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    peterpeterpumpkin on 21/01/2017 - 22:28

    Great prices!

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  Peck on 21/01/2017 - 18:42

  +2

  nothing to do with being a weekend. Cheaper seats sold out.

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    [Deactivated] on 21/01/2017 - 22:36

    +1

    There's nothing stopping the airline from releasing more cheap seats in the future or having other 'sales', but it's generally accepted that flights become more expensive closer to departure.

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      Peck on 22/01/2017 - 14:54

      True. I have a friend in the industry who tells me that they do not discount close to flights. I thought that they might discount to get bums into empty seats, but I was wrong.

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  Donaldhump on 21/01/2017 - 18:53

  +1

  I've seen flights and hotels more expensive after repeatetive clicks, and safari browser more expensive

  Maybe a few people bought some flights and that made them go up

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    John Kimble on 21/01/2017 - 20:43

    +1

    safari browser more expensive

    Apple tax?

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      StewBalls on 21/01/2017 - 21:27

      Sucka tax!

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  ozboygsl on 23/01/2017 - 16:54

  keep looking…the bargins are there but flexibilty is the key

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  somebargainhunter77 on 24/01/2017 - 23:35

  All good guys. They've dropped the price down to $249 again on Monday morning :)