airlines should be banned from increasing prices the more you search

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This pisses me off no end. The more you search for a particular flight the higher its cost goes. Even ba do this shady thing! Luckily I know that you just have to clear all your cookies and start again to get the original price. But they must trick millions out of people that don't know how to do it.

It's not true!!

End of!

I've heard this rumour, but it can't be true, surely? It would be illegal, wouldn't it?

I recently booked Easyjet flights and the price didn't change at all over several searches on different days. No cookie clearing, no incognito windows. I've never had a price go up on Amazon either.

Trading Standards would be on this like a shot, wouldn't they?

Incognito browsing saved me £3000 on flights last year
I have the screen shots to prove it

Car insurance is the same : Direct Line admit to it.

People don't think they're on an auction site when they buy a flight. They assume there will be no differentiation between the price that person A is charged at the same time and date, and person B. But by the sound of it, there is. Also the people trying hardest to get a good price are being charged the most, how is that right.

This is shocking! Thanks for the tip though for incognito browsing.

Not an urban myth. And not just flights - hotels, too. Private browsing sorts it.

OMGGG this makes so much sense!!!!! The cheeky bastards!!!

I've read this on travel forums before but have never experienced it, and I search for flights very frequently. The price has never increased when I'm doing multiple searches.

Wasn't true when I tested it recently

This isn't an Urban Myth, anyone with more than one laptop can check this out, it happens with Hotels and Train tickets as well.

definitely true, confirmed by thomas cook themselves when I queried a £50 overnight hike, my own fault I gave them 3 separate hits, at home, at work and in mobile. ...wont be checking again til ready to book

Open your browser twice - once in incognito
get a quote for a holiday or car insurance or a flight ..... screen capture.
Close out of browsers
do it again
the non incognito price will have gone up

This happened to me recently with trains. It is definitely a thing.

Same for trains too. Was buying trenitalia tickets and price went up by 6 euro. Clearing cookies and private browsing didn't help. Logged on next day on old PC- back to old price. Sneaky!

I have cleared my iPhone and my laptop and tested this

cheaper flights on iPhone

on my laptop the same or more expensive

I do not understand how this is the case and yes it is very wrong

So why haven't I ever experienced it? I usually have multiple windows open on a couple of different devices checking flights, trains and hotels. Not once have I ever seen the price rise, or a different price on one device.

Hello
it happens when you close out and go back in

eg
I was looking at flights to New York.
First night I looked they were £400
second night they were £800
third night they were £950
then I went incognito and they were £400 again
so I bought them

eg 2
car insurance
get a renewal quote
go online to check it = get a lower price
go online incognito as a new customer = MUCH lower price

I have never seen it. We have three broadband lines in our house, many devices. I don't believe it.

I've never seen Australia ....

It does happen. Had it with air fares, train tickets and holidays last year. It's a pain in the arse.

Why on earth would it be illegal, or anything to do with trading standards? They can make the price whatever they want.