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That $49 flight you just found? Airlines don’t want you to buy it. They use it as a decoy to anchor your brain, then upsell you on a higher fare. The real trick isn’t the fees—it’s making the next tier feel like a bargain. Here’s how to stop falling for it.
Airlines are abandoning traditional dynamic pricing for AI-driven ‘surveillance pricing.’ By analyzing your device, location, and browsing habits, algorithms can now determine your exact willingness to pay and charge you the maximum possible fare. This effectively kills the cheap seat and turns flight booking into a rigged game.
AI pricing algorithms are quietly eliminating flight bargains by perfectly optimizing for maximum consumer extraction. What was supposed to bring abundance is instead creating an invisible cartel where airlines don’t need to collude — their AI does it for them. Every frustrated price hike is a machine learning your willingness to pay.