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Old Nov 20, 2017 | 4:49 am
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Originally Posted by craigthemif
I'm afraid I've never really understood why cheapo OTAs I've never heard of before can manage to sell fares for less than the airline directly. Perhaps they are accessing a fare intended for Russian residents, but TK looks at your IP address and charges you a foreigner's price.

Nonetheless in my experience those cheapo fares are the ones that disappear, rather than the airline dropping their prices to match...
I think it's because:
  • They don't offer similar services compared to airline - in case of irrops you need to deal with the travel agency.
  • Once I bought TK tickets via a cheapo OTA and they ticketed it in another country (maybe lower exchange rate?)
  • Airlines sold the seat bulk to travel agency, hence the lower price
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