RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldRoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoWhat is “Carrier-imposed fees”? Isn’t the carrier the airline?
minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-214 days agoIt would make more sense in the opposite order. And yes.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoI guess I don’t get why the people selling you the seat have applied a fee from themselves instead of it just being part of the airfare.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoSo they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoWinner Winner Chicken Dinner! When I worked at Verizon, I asked upper management “People ask me what these fees are all the time. What are they actually?” The answer was not a surprise: “We want more revenue without raising our prices.”
What is “Carrier-imposed fees”? Isn’t the carrier the airline?
It would make more sense in the opposite order. And yes.
I guess I don’t get why the people selling you the seat have applied a fee from themselves instead of it just being part of the airfare.
So they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! When I worked at Verizon, I asked upper management “People ask me what these fees are all the time. What are they actually?” The answer was not a surprise: “We want more revenue without raising our prices.”