[3dGrabber]

This video does a good job explaining how airline pricing works nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qfeoqErtY Basically, from the info they get, (destination, departure date, return date, etc.) they try to guess what kind of traveler the customer is and price the ticket accordingly. E.g. if there is no weekend between departure and return, they think that you must be a business traveler so the ticket is more expensive.

[roscoebeezie]

Yeah as a person who works heavily in the airline ticket pricing world, that’s not how it works.

[dawnerd]

I fly fairly frequently and cal tell that’s not always how it works too. I don’t work in airlines but I wager it mainly has to do with demand and filling seats, much like hotels.

[fphhotchips]

Honestly the video GP meant to post is probably quite accurate; the GP has just summarised it poorly.

[andruby]

The link you posted goes to a video that explains "how overnight shipping works". Do they explain airline pricing as part of that video?

[gpvos]

Should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72hlr-E7KA0 , an earlier video by the same guy.