Originally Posted by
blug
Then what about the airfare of A-B-C being more expensive than B-C? That should be an even worse discrimination isn't it?
Wwwwwhat do you mean airfare isn't priced on a cost plus basis!?!??!
Originally Posted by
catocony
If you want to talk about discrimination, we can go down memory lane and discuss how business travelers used to get bled dry on transcon flights. The Saturday stay, the two weeks in advance BS, there used to be a buttload of price fixing and gouging that we don't have much of anymore.
SNS requirements are still alive and well in the midcon market. IAH-DCA is about $1500 for a weekday night stay vs $300 for a SNS.
Originally Posted by
stevenshev
I think it is you who do not understand the concept of POS for airline tickets.
POS is exactly that. If you walk into a travel agent in NYC with a US or foreign credit card, your POS is NYC.
If you walk into a travel agent in London with a US or UK credit card, your POS is still London.
United's website/billing system is just stupid, and changes POS based on billing address - that does not mean that that is how it is supposed to work.
You're just demonstrating the workaround everyone suggests (a local travel agent) to change the POS.