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[–] 156 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Let me guess: this is intentionally done to show up at the top of flights sorted by price low -> high lists.

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  • [–] 57 points 10 months ago (10 children)
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    In theory, the resort fees are intended to help pay for upkeep of “perks” like the pool, gym, entertainment venues, etc., whereas your room fee is paying staff and keeping your room clean.

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    [–] 53 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck! Is ticketmaster selling plane tickets now??

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    OK. May we see the itemized list?

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  • [–] [S] 53 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    On the invoice it doesn’t seem so. Just 520$ per person. That link on the pic is just text.

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  • [–] 57 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    So literally no itemization, just $520.

    OK, that is indeed bullshit.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    On the invoice it doesn’t seem so. Just 520$ per person. I’ll try.

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  • [+] -65 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Jesus, it is like the fucking plaque with you.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    Like the plaque on your teeth?

    Or did you mean plague, you (to borrow a page from your own playbook), fucking idiot?

    Neither of which is an actual turn of phrase, btw. The phrase you wanted is (ironically, because of the plaque) "it's like pulling teeth with you." If you're going to be a smug dick at least be correct so you don't embarrass yourself any more than you already do by simply being a smug dick.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    I recently did a return trip from Dublin to Boston and back. Each ticket was 1 Euro; rhe rest was airport taxes, government levies, etc.

    In the past, pre-covid, 1 Euro tickets were not unusual. Part of the reason why Ryanair became so dominant was that they contracted with secondary airports that had much lower fees, so the final price was below what the competitors could offer.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Why are adults and children’s prices the same. Just charge per seat at that point.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Could be reporting requirements or KYC stuff. It might differentiate how much information to gather on the passenger or put restrictions on where they can sit, like exit rows.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If it’s an airline, it’s likely to allow them to more accurately predict passenger weight. Planes have weight ratings, and need to be sure their loads are distributed appropriately, (like not having everyone in the very back of the plane). Differentiating the tickets will help them flag potential weight problems before boarding even begins.

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    I was shopping around tickets and this came up when using the Air Canada website.

    Did the same itinerary on Google flights and none of it came up.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Yeah Google flights only shows the base ticket price and doesn't factor in taxes and fees which easily add an extra 15% or so on most flights. For example, I booked a trip just yesterday where the base price of the tickets was about $900 (and that's the price that Google Flights showed) but the required taxes and fees pushed it up to $1100

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  • [+] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Make sure to tip!

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  • [–] -3 points 10 months ago

    Mildly infuriating

    • misplacement of $ when screenshot shows correct placement
    • fax of a fax

    Infuriating

    • image of pure text lacking accessibility
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  • [+] -110 points 10 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 43 points 10 months ago

    Wow, you're a pleasant person. Just a big bowl of rainbows and sunshine.

    You didn't have to write this comment but you did and you look stupid. All you had to do was nothing. Even a monkey can do that.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    What exactly is the point of this comment?

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It's such a strange thing to get hostile about. Ironically, it low-key bugs me that we put the dollar sign before the number it's indicating. "$64" is read as "sixty-four dollars," not "dollars sixty-four." So why write it like that? (Not rhetorical, I really want to know. I tried looking up this question to find out the answer, but haven't found anything conclusive.) Putting the currency symbol behind the number makes more sense, like how some countries write the Euro. (Which also explains why some people might not intuitively place the dollar sign before the number - it's their native convention and it follows clear logic.)

    So maybe the point was ignorance or fear of the foreign? Or a misguided attempt at English language purity? Or they're a former Redditor who hasn't quite shaken off the Reddit "pointless, hostile hot-take" mentality?

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