Airlines have been cracking down on the practice for years.

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The concept that they’re losing revenue by having someone not be on a flight is fairly absurd.

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      1 month ago

      From the airline’s perspective they have an empty seat they could have sold to someone else, likely at a higher price, so it is lost revenue, but that assumes that every traveler wants to pay more.

      About the only valid argument against skip lagging is the airport disembarkation fees being different.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah but they had the choice to sell the seat or not. I’m having a hard time feeling bad for a company, who set their own price, being upset because they realized later they could have set it higher.