Holly molly, is this true?!
>>1241236
yes
no it's been proven false
flight prices constantly change, they will drop again then rise closer to the date
>>1241261
nice
>>1241261
Not sure if you're tricking OP but what you're saying isn't true. Flight prices rise on almost an hourly basis if you search non-stop for hours. Otherwise it will change on a daily to bi-daily basis.
I believe this is more true for hotels than flights.
They can also determine which device you're using to make a purchase. Apple fags get charged higher. This was brought to light so not sure if they changed this because they got caught but still something to watch out for.
>>1241236
Yes.
It's probably not huge amounts though.
>>1241236
I've seen it change based on what PC I am on, but IIRC it was like a few bucks
No, it's bullshit. I've tried this multiple times with different IPs, devices, browsers etc and it was always the same. It's just morons seeing normal hourly/daily price fluctuations and going OMG ILLUMINATI CONSPIRACY THE JEWS ARE BEHIND THIS
>>1241236
As someone who works in marketing and adjusting these prices in the travel industry, no it is not real at all.
However, sites WILL re-shop into a company feed multiple times in a day, where prices could increase or decrease depending on company algorithms or human adjustment of yield. So you're going to see frequently adjusting prices, because in reality it's mostly just a bunch of computers talking to each other with humans occasionally adjusting the knobs.
>>1241446
They use almost identical pricing strategies / criteria.
>>1241236
Sometimes it really seems like this price fluctuation is true, i.e. the price for the same product is higher than it was ten minutes ago. I'll try to explain one of the possible scenarios.
The reason is that sometimes, depending on the booking system and the owner's rules, before you go all the way through the booking stages, the tickets you've requested will be "set aside" for you so that they disappear from the pool of tickets still available so that no one accidentally snaps them from you after you've made the payment but it is still on its way to the travel company's account.
If the booking system has dynamic pricing then the prices go up a bit if a "milestone" has been reached regarding how full the flight/hotel is as the price will be adjusted as soon as availability falls.
And sometimes, when you click on the payment button (or go through some other specific stage in the booking process) the booking system creates a booking for the seat/room inside the system. If you then exit the booking because you were just looking for the price, the availability or something like that, the booking can still remain in the system for a period of time until it is usually automatically cancelled. That can be five, fifteen minutes or an hour etc.