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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by graraps
It's different pricing, pure and simple. I think it's not even "intentional" as such. I reckon they just think that designing an ex-EUR sale is not going to be worth the effort because fewer people will buy discretionary seats on them, as Europeans are more likely to fly EU carriers and watch their offers more closely than foreign ones.
Very likely.

Also, I think that Europeans tend to travel for leisure differently than Americans (these discounted R & Z fares are marketed to leisure travelers because the effective dates are so constraining).

While Americans will generally opt for J if at a discounted rate, most European J customers tend to literally be on business, and European leisure travelers tend to eschew the creature comforts in return for a less expensive ride.

Also: One more possible factor may be setting the price in Pounds or Euros based on a given exchange rate and leaving it there regardless of the currency fluctuations in order to avoid having customers "play" the currency valuations.
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