RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1234arrow-down1external-linkThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldRoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI guess I don’t get why the people selling you the seat have applied a fee from themselves instead of it just being part of the airfare.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·23 hours agoSo they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoWinner Winner Chicken Dinner! When I worked at Verizon, I asked upper management “People ask me what these fees are all the time. What are they actually?” The answer was not a surprise: “We want more revenue without raising our prices.”
I guess I don’t get why the people selling you the seat have applied a fee from themselves instead of it just being part of the airfare.
So they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! When I worked at Verizon, I asked upper management “People ask me what these fees are all the time. What are they actually?” The answer was not a surprise: “We want more revenue without raising our prices.”