@RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1imageThe price breakdown of my flight is kinda funny, 80% taxes and feeslemmy.world@RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish77•1 month agoWhat is “Carrier-imposed fees”? Isn’t the carrier the airline?
minus-square@RoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish35•edit-21 month agoIt would make more sense in the opposite order. And yes.
minus-square@Dave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish7•30 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-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish15•30 days agoSo they can falsely advertise $20 tickets.
minus-squareRhynoplazlinkfedilinkEnglish6•29 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.”