Originally Posted by
ajax
They will only charge what people will be willing to pay. The economics of supply and demand are fairly straightforward.
A shrewd businessperson might decide that the price is too high and that by lowering it they will maximise profits by increasing the number of people who were otherwise put off. If so, they will do so.
Personally, I have a hard time paying $46 for dinner (on my own dime I tend to be cheap about food, I just want it fairly healthy and tasty). If you have people traveling on a generous expense account and no P&L responsibility, there you go. I would think that most business travelers would get frowns turning an expensive report with a $46 breakfast (unless it involved customers and the like.)