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Old May 22, 2015 | 5:09 am
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Originally Posted by miasmal
I've always wondered if UA's IT could become nefarious by keeping track of these locations/dates and then forcing a higher price by modifying the fare classes for instance. ...It would take a lot of computing power and database to keep track of all this, but it's within the realm of big data.
Absolutely possible today and some claim it is already happening.
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