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Old Sep 30, 2019 | 4:20 am
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Originally Posted by bobbytables
As shown in screenshots. First search shows a variety of prices. Hitting back and immediately doing the same search again shows almost all prices the same, half or less than the first prices. Has been this way at least yesterday and today.

Bug, or some kind of crude strategy to show lower prices if the user seems to be comparing prices (which repeated searches for the same itinerary could be a crude signal of)?
Maybe a bug, maybe CX was adjusting inventory while you were searching.
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