Timeline for Baggage charge price difference based on country of origin
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| Sep 20, 2016 at 18:05 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ |
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:30 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @PeterM and then do conversions on the spot? Lots of people still pay in cash, so having an exact conversion (even rounded to the nearest dollar) would still cause issues. Besides you'd have to visibly clarify the exchange rate and the fact that the quoted price list is in US dollars. Simply not worth the effort. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:26 | comment | added | Peter M | @JonathanReez There is nothing to stop the airlines quoting fees a specific currency. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:21 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @PeterM they don't need to print the price of tickets anywhere except the online booking sites. Compare that with the number of places where baggage charges are detailed, many of them outside the company's control. Changing those every day would be a nightmare. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:17 | comment | added | Peter M | @JonathanReez yet they'll happily change ticket prices when the wind changes direction. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:16 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Because they'd rather not change their prices every day depending on the latest currency exchange rate. And they prefer to charge round amounts. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:13 | vote | accept | Peter M | ||
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:10 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ |
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:08 | answer | added | DTRT | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 15:06 | comment | added | Calchas | They are price points that consumers will tolerate. There's no further logic to it, it is not as though the price is related to the marginal cost of transporting the bag. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:58 | history | edited | Peter M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:53 | comment | added | Peter M | @9ilsdx9rvj0lo See my edit | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:52 | history | edited | Peter M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:50 | comment | added | user45851 | Isn't it bound to the currency of payment? How much would it cost if you'd pay with USD in both directions? | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:47 | comment | added | Peter M | @fkraiem The current conversion of $CA25 is $USD19 so its nothing to do with exchange rates. If it was a conversion rate issue then the fee should be closer to $CA33 | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:44 | comment | added | fkraiem | Were you expecitong an accurate conversion to CAD, down to the last cent? If so, at which exchange rate? Is the price supposed to change daily? | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 14:41 | history | asked | Peter M | CC BY-SA 3.0 |