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Old Jul 19, 2015, 12:11 pm
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The effects of dynamic pricing can now clearly be seen in the award booking process. Importantly, your origin now seems to impact your pricing.

For example, I searched two passengers between LAX and SYD in business class on the DL non-stop. All dates booked into OK (Peak) but the pricing more than doubled on the same flights if you originated your travel in SYD instead of LAX.

LAX-SYD one-way: 175k
SYD-LAX one-way: 375k
LAX-SYD-LAX round trip: 350k
SYD-LAX-SYD round trip: 750k

LAX-SYD round trip, outbound June 1, return June 3. Books into OK (Peak) and prices at 350k per passenger round trip.


SYD-LAX one-way, travel on June 3. Books into OK (Peak) and prices at 375k per passenger one-way.


LAX-SYD, one-way, travel on June 10. Books into OK (Peak) and prices at 175k per passenger one-way.


SYD-LAX round trip, outbound June 3, return June 10. Books into OK (Peak) and prices at 750k per passenger round trip.


This same pattern is seen for other markets too. For example, ATL-CDG. Peak pricing if you originate in ATL is 147,500 one way or each way of your round trip. The same flights are 375,000 one way or each way of a round trip if you originate in CDG.

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