Hey guys,

I noticed something strange last night when booking flights and I wanted to get some opinions from people that may know more about it. I fly reasonably often but I always just go online and buy a ticket straight away without much thought so I have never seen this before. Last night just before midnight I was buying tickets just from Sydney to Brisbane. I closed the browser to do something else for five minutes, came back a few minutes after midnight to book and the flights for both Virgin and Qantas had increased from $100 to $140. When I book international flights for a couple of thousand, I'm not surprised when I see a $40 increase the next day, but to see it happen instantly like that with two airlines over a couple of minutes, across all flights, with quite a large percentage increase, it is quite strange.

I can't understand how this is not price fixing? And on top of that, an unjustifiable increase. What are your thoughts?

Cheers