Airlines ABSOLUTELY change their prices if you repeatedly check routes to a city. I have watched them change by over $100 over a few hours a day when contemplating a trip using their flight searches.
I now do all the flight route and time checking with a browser private window, no location being served, and VPN with an exit far from where I am, then use a phone on a cellular network to do any booking or vice versa in order to prevent tracking or some sort of identifying hash they might grab.
It’s such a cheapass scam to basically gouge a customer based on interest.
does this apply to Skyscanner (app)
You might be already paying a premium for a Skyscanner’s cut. I’d suggest find the flight on Skyscanner and then go directly to that airline’s website to see what the price is there.
I just tried it and got 723 on Skyscanner and 547 for the same ticket direct from airline.
No idea, I don’t use it.
Good on that JetBlue employee for showing a level of empathy. They were probably fired for it, but at least they went out with a bang.
I am going to run for Congress in 2028, and my entire platform is going to be built around making it legal to Luigi corrupt people and burn down corrupt businesses.
This shit is not going to stop until we get bloody.
My answer to this is always “I opened an incognito window, effectively the same thing”
I still haven’t figured out if Google’s flight search forwards view data similar to checking on the actual airline’s website because I’ve definitely seen price hikes occur in realtime, but I can’t tell if that’s because of constant rechecks close to the flight date, or just the static algorithm increasing the price as the flight date approaches.
Otherwise I’m kind of skeptical of how they allow Google to use such data and present it for free.
