Understood.
Never fly Delta.
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Problem is, they're all going to do it at some point. Its clear this type of shit is becoming the norm with every. single. corporation.
So you are saying we should reject consumerism? Agreed.
But if we all abandon Delta and they get screwed, it'll restore some much-deserved fear to the other airlines.
Oh, I agree, boycott, protest, etc as much as possible. I was just stating how shitty all of them are getting more and more.
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that's fine, I'll just stop flying. plenty for me to do that doesn't require it.
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For as long as airlines have existed they have all used any data they have to find the most they can get each customer to pay, they already do it based on things like what day of the week your flight is, the time of day you buy your ticket, etc. if ai can help with this every airline is going to use it.
Understood.
Never fly Delta.
You don't have laws against selling the same product at different prices in the US? 😕😔
It would not surprise me if we didn't, but even if we did it doesn't matter anymore. Rules are for the proles, not the parasite class.
Given the US, I'd bet 20 states say that it's illegal (but can't seem to enforce that unless one of them is New York or California), 20 states say that it's specifically legal (including Texas and Florida), and the remainder either haven't made up their minds yet or no one cares what they think because they don't have the population or economic clout to make anyone listen.
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hey other human, how did you pay? oh shit... I. being fucked
hi I'd like to csncel my ticket because you're a corrupt peice of shit.
At least in the US, you have a very narrow window to cancel and then you're stuck with it, unless you pay a huge premium for a refundable ticket. But I agree, practically-speaking, the only solution in a late-stage capitalist marketplace is to create some crowdsourced pricing information to identify pricing outliers. Which, truly, isn't a good solution.
If we had a functional government, this would be regulated/prohibited on an emergency basis, since in theory government is supposed to represent people and not corporations. Unfortunately, in 2026, we're livestock to herd and fleece.
Well whatever you do dont go to https://skiplagged.com/. They help people with the unethical practice of skip lagging (buying a ticket with a layover and never jumping on connection), which robs these struggling airlines of honestly earned profits.
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They also work with ICE, in case you didn't hate them enough
I grew up in the 1970s air travel wasn't cheap but it was accessible. You were treated well. I (6 at the time) got to go to the cabin and stood right there between pilot and co pilot ... Captain gave me a metal chrome pair of wings (pin with logo and I think a plane) .... I was flabbergasted... Walked guided by the stewardess silently to my seat. There was courtesy and the mindset during those years and up to maybe late 80s was "the customer is our greatest asset". Now profit is the greatest asset and the customer is in the way. No wonder we all go around pissed off. Bags were FREE UNTIL 9/11 and they said we will only charge temporarily until the crisis is over. Asshats and liars.
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Exploding spectacularly in Delta's face in 3, 2, 1...
It won't, you can already see this happening in tons of industries and markets.
The glorious k shape economy means the middle of rapidly shrinking and all the money to be made is at the extremes of the spectrum. You can already see tons of brands increasing prices or pivoting away from non "luxury" offerings.
Soon there will only be Emirates and RyanAir and Delta doesn't want to be RyanAir.
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Is it? Don't the websites already look at if you've visited before and other things to offer different pricing? And people have griped about it but has anything been done?
It should explode, I just don't think it is or will.
It'd be nice if there was some type of regulation to prevent all this "dynamic pricing" bullshit. Instead I'm just waiting for it to hit grocery stores, because why not.
It might can hit online shopping, but it is not practical to hit stores - at least not with the recent scares and rumours of some stores trying to do on-shelf dynamic pricing.
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okay so I guess I'm not flying Delta
Delta is just the first to say it out loud.
Sounds like another good reason to take a train instead.
Phoenix is #5 in ranking by population. Zero passenger trains besides local light rail.
This country needs to push in high speed rail, but “ThAtS sOcIaLiSm”
Columbus, oh is #12 and has neither
I don't have all week.
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There are two acceptable ways to leverage technology (including AI) to increase profits: one is to maintain/decrease operational costs while maintaining service (this means enhancing existing delivery, not replacing humans with AI), and the other is improving service without increasing costs.
Everyone who goes for options 3 and 4 (replacing employees with automation and automating fleecing your customers) is after quarterly earnings at the expense of long term company profitability. This is essentially the VC vampire model, and companies rarely survive it for more than a decade.
The only reason I'm not upset with this, is that I will game the algorithm to make my price almost free, if these MFers want any of my $, that is. Maybe a good use of 20c of AI to harrass their algorithm into giving me a nearly free seat.
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