Originally Posted by
rehoult
However, as someone with a long background in IT, rules like this worry me:
- How is jurisdiction determined?
- Is it the location of the server?
- The location of the Company HQ?
- Or are they saying the fact that a Quebecer can see the ad/website, means the ad/website must comply with Quebec laws?
On the one hand, if they advertise tickets from say YUL to NRT, they know already all the taxes, all the fees, everything, so if they want to advertise it they know the cost already. It's a solved issue since they need to price the ticket in order to sell it.
On the other hand this law is mostly meant to stop the practice of advertising a ticket for half the real price and chalking up the other half to phantom fees.
One of my pet peeves is the practice of advertising one way fees based on two way purchase. There is no way on earth that makes sense. Either off it per direction and let the consumer buy what you are advertising, or price the thing that you are selling.
Hockey skates on sale: $99! †‡*
† per skate price based on two skate purchase.
‡ single skate purchases available at the price of two skates.
* blade fee of $99 per skate not included in price.