Comments on: All Aboard Variable Pricing http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/01/31/all-aboard-variable-pricing/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:33:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Don http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/01/31/all-aboard-variable-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Don Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:58:40 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/01/31/all-aboard-variable-pricing/#comment-2716 Ah the joys of yield management. I suppose it was inevitable now that they have <a href="http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=151" rel="nofollow">the gestapo harassing their clientele too</a>, they can take advantage the same way the airlines have and prevent people from reselling tickets. Particularly annoying is that there's no reason to believe they'll be any more competent at this than anything else they do, ie not at all. So we'll get the gouging of prices and cheap vs expensive set-asides, but none of the discount fares and promotions we see in the airline business during off-peak times as a result of yield management. Ah the joys of yield management. I suppose it was inevitable now that they have the gestapo harassing their clientele too, they can take advantage the same way the airlines have and prevent people from reselling tickets.

Particularly annoying is that there’s no reason to believe they’ll be any more competent at this than anything else they do, ie not at all. So we’ll get the gouging of prices and cheap vs expensive set-asides, but none of the discount fares and promotions we see in the airline business during off-peak times as a result of yield management.

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