On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:12:42AM -0700, Bob La Quey spake thusly: > On 7/17/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Well, the airlines are doing that on purpose, > >after all. The goal is to set up enough > >restrictions in order to create differential pricing > >(charging more to customers willing to pay more).
If you are going at last minute you have little choice but to pay more. The airlines want their money sooner and to be able to plan better sooner. Customers who have to go at last minute are usually willing to pay more. Customers who want to go first class etc are willing to pay more. > >In addition, there is a reason why most of the airline > >ticketing services subcontract to companies which build > >AI expert systems out of Lisp in order to generate > >airline ticket options. ISTR I've met a guy on IRC who does Lisp for the major airlines. A little gooling brings up quite a few results. http://www.franz.com/success/customer_apps/data_mining/itastory.php3 > While I am inclined to believe you, do you have any > evidence to support that statement? Which statement? -- Tracy Reed Check out my blog and photos at http://tracyreed.org This message is cryptographically signed for your protection. Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 9615 02AD
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