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Old May 23, 2010, 1:02 pm
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bfisk
 
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Originally Posted by ebhb2004
Went to book 2 tickets on delta.com for IAH > GFK. Total fare was $1002.

Filled out everything and went to checkout. Must have taken 3-4 minutes

With cursor over "Purchase", a popup appears saying "your fare is now $10 more per ticket.

A Delta "Frequent Ripoff"? Anybody else experience this?
It has happened to me before as well. I suspect that the booking system can detect levels of "interest" in a particular flight based on number of queries and adjust the fare on the fly.
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