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> That's much less fair, but try this which explicitly states that airlines in the US set prices according to a customer’s personal information.

No, it does not. Your catala consulting link is about what hotels could do, and it is nothing more than what you learn about price segmentation in microeconomics 101.

>https://www.duettocloud.com/press-releases/duetto-gamechange...

This is a valid link, but still not about hotels in the sense that most people use for tourism/visits friends/family and work.

It is about casinos using technology to automate how to entice their whales, which they already did using “comped” rooms and upgrades and whatnot in exchange for gambling.

I have yet to see evidence that an airline website presents different prices to customers based on the device they are using (the original claim), nor do mainstream hotels like Hiltons/Marriotts/IHG/Wyndham/Choice/Accor/etc.

They very well might in the future. And in some broad sense, currently do via benefits for frequent customers via rewards programs, but as of now, there is no automated pricing system that drills down to the individual level.



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