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Old Dec 8, 2014, 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by boberonicus
Orbits admits that it shows pricier hotels to Mac users. Wouldn't airlines tend to manipulate pricing in the same sort of way?
Note that Orbitz were never actually accused of charging different prices for the same hotel. They were displaying different *hotels* by default, based on the visitor (or more specifically, their OS).

The analogy that article gives is wrong, as it's implying they charged different prices for the same thing. A better analogy is a well-dressed business man and a poorly dressed uni student walking into a car dealership - do you the salesman is going to show them both to the same cars first?
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