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Delta accomplishes this pricing through a partnership with Fetcherr, a six-year-old Israeli company that also counts Azul, WestJet, Virgin Atlantic, and VivaAerobus as clients. And it has its sights set beyond flying. “Once we will be established in the airline industry, we will move to hospitality, car rentals, cruises, whatever,” cofounder Robby Nissan said at a travel conference in 2022.

So soon even more AI will decide you have to pay more, and that extra money will be going to Israel, no doubt helping to fund their genocide

How the fuck is this legal, if true?

Shit like this is just another reason that I won't fly. Fucking cunts.

I think we should pay for airfare by the pound. Honestly.

Aren't there laws about this in that country? I seem to remember reading about that a while back.

I wonder how you haggle with an AI

Actually this reminds me of the story a while back about how LLMs give better results if you threaten them with physical violence. Maybe that's one way to get a cheaper ticket?

Didn't Delta just settle a suit claiming they misused us gov taxpayer subsidies?

This is great for me... because I have a fuck Delta, or will pay extra to avoid, pricing maximum in mind.

What's the point of money anymore, then? Let my personal ai agent pay for the ticket with the same funny money that delta wants to use.

They have been losing money on tickets for a while now
And making it up on credit card fees

https://www.investopedia.com/the-four-biggest-us-airlines-all-lost-money-flying-passengers-last-year-8781856

How is that legal, honestly?

Maybe I should start like a service where we get someone like a dedicated “agent” who has their assets hidden to buy tickets for you for a small fee… and then transfer them… like an agency… for travel…

WAIT a second 😱!

Are we going to have to bring back haggling but now for digital purchases?

Sounds like a recipe for Unpredictable Rewards and messing with loyalty systems. Hook people on a loyalty program, slowly jack up the price, then throw in some real deals to keep them gambling for more. Don’t think an AI is necessary to do this, but corporate loves AI.

Of course it's an Israeli firm that is enabling this greedy behavior. They already price gouge as it is. Can't we go back to the formula of "our cost + our profit margin adjusted for market". This bleeding the customer dry bullshit should stick in bullshit avoidable video game micro transactions.

I have predicted this for a while now. As this will take effect, the airline no longer have responsibility for what sets the prices. The AI could for instance become very racist, driving prices through the roof for colored people if it somehow determines that well-paying racist customers will pay more to fly with only white people. Several scenarios like that could unfold, and since LLMs are basically impossible to get the source values for their decissions, no one can be held responsible for such choices.

Oh, and I'm sure the data from 23andMe will be abused soon to ensure that only healthy people get good prices. The personal data which "didn't matter that we shared" is about to unfold.

Airlines are the biggest scammers. We need a real government that sets price & service caps.

I think I've never flown with that airline and this here makes it very likely that I never will.

How do they get away with charging people different amounts for the same product? Couldn’t they charge more if they don’t like someone, like because they maybe a not white republican?

Enshittification.

So this means millionaires will be paying significantly more, right?