Airlines want to start charging customers based on who you are — and it means everyone could be paying drastically different prices
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- According to Revenue management software company PROS, airlines may soon begin charging passengers different prices based on who they are.
- Airline websites would be able to identify customers by their IP addresses and mine data for their flying history, then charging them accordingly.
- The airlines have some legal battles to face before they can implement this change.
It’s common knowledge that passengers pay different prices for their seats. Someone who bought well in advance is likely to have paid a different airfare than a passenger who purchased their ticket at the last minute, while those who set flight alerts have a good chance of scoring a deal.
But according to one software company, airlines may soon begin charging passengers different prices based on who they are.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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