Originally Posted by
mvitale
I'm not disagreeing with your experience, but multiple airlines have been shown to do precisely this at times. Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken hotels this long to get around to it.
And from an "IT perspective" it's not really all that hard. With every request (every time you click a link), your browser identifies itself (browser name, version, etc) to the server.
-mvitale
Thanks for the response.
Was not aware of airline practice about browser (was aware of practice based on country or even zip code (in amzon case))
While zip code or country based pricing make sense from business point of view, how does browser factor into pricing decisions?
While I understand your explanation about session identifying itself, I am surprised that suplier (airline or hotel) actually programs different pricing based on browser. What would be the business angle?
Seemed more like an IT glitch rather than intentional programming as results were changing. But cant figure out what kind of glitch will manifest in such behaviour. How does this affect LNF claims?