Let me guess: this is intentionally done to show up at the top of flights sorted by price low -> high lists.
Maybe, or maybe it’s to curb the law that force a refund in certain cases. You want a refund? It’s 64$.
They do that with shipping items on ebay all the time. cheap item price 100+ shipping
Yeah. Anyone using eBay long enough knows to prioritize listings with free shipping over others.
The same is true with all any other services, the more they break it out the more likely you'll be scammed.
It's not for the consumer's benefit. They are structuring the transaction to give themselves levers to pull.
it's funny when they choose $100 shipping on an object that actually does cost $50 to ship, but are $80 cheaper than any other option and have the audacity to complain when I want it shipped to me in Alaska.
This is just silly. I recently saw Las Vegas hotels doing something similar though to a much lesser extent where it's called "resort fees". Should be illegal but it doesn't affect me since I'm not traveling to the US
Those "resort fees" were part of Biden's FTC's efforts to crack down on junk fees. Trump is now undoing that work. https://www.investopedia.com/trump-has-undone-biden-s-war-on-junk-fees-11772720
It's not just Vegas. It's also very popular in short-term rentals (like AirBnB) and other gig enterprises.
More like "extort fees"
For hotels, I'm wondering if this is a trick to meet a government rate.
~~Resort fees are required by legislation, it's basically a tax on tourists.~~
I was wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resort_fee
The hotels receipts I've seen (I worked approving travel expenses, so I've seen a lot) they differentiate between specific locally mandated fees and their own fees (which is probably part of the legislation that compels them).
Then why do they vary by hotel?
Because I was wrong, edited.
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What are their surcharges?
Bullshit, mostly.
I had a hotel charge me for "services." Like bitch that's in the price of the room!
That's like renting a flat and being charged extra for doors.
If I get charged for "services" in quotes like that, I'd better collapse breathless afterwards.
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They're for convenience!
charging you for other charges.
Fuck! Is ticketmaster selling plane tickets now??
I recently did a return trip from Dublin to Boston and back. Each ticket was 1 Euro; rhe rest was airport taxes, government levies, etc.
In the past, pre-covid, 1 Euro tickets were not unusual. Part of the reason why Ryanair became so dominant was that they contracted with secondary airports that had much lower fees, so the final price was below what the competitors could offer.
Yes, Ryanair. But even they could itemize what you had to pay extra for. OP got this instead:
What confuses me is how these things can be "volatile" and "fluctuating" before they bought the ticket?
edit: somebody made the Ryanair experience into an operetta song! https://youtu.be/ZAg0lUYHHFc
Why are adults and children’s prices the same. Just charge per seat at that point.
Could be reporting requirements or KYC stuff. It might differentiate how much information to gather on the passenger or put restrictions on where they can sit, like exit rows.
If it’s an airline, it’s likely to allow them to more accurately predict passenger weight. Planes have weight ratings, and need to be sure their loads are distributed appropriately, (like not having everyone in the very back of the plane). Differentiating the tickets will help them flag potential weight problems before boarding even begins.
I was shopping around tickets and this came up when using the Air Canada website.
Did the same itinerary on Google flights and none of it came up.
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