Originally Posted by
javabytes
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
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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.
Did some more searching on this. The international origination "penalty" seems to be in effect for trips originating in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Southwest Pacific. Not sure about Asia - couldn't find a route that had only peak seats available. It does not seem to be in effect for trips originating in the Caribbean or South America. It seems to affect the pricing of peak travel only - the other tiers seem to remain as before.