@RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square25arrow-up1172file-text
arrow-up1172imageThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.world@RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square25file-text
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months 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-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoSo they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months 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.”