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by AznHisoka 2647 days ago
I just did a quick check for WTC tickets in NYC, and the prices were wrong. https://www.ticketlens.com/en/g6262

All of the vendors had the exact same price of $26.00

Are you relying on an affiliate feed or something? If so, why? Those are notorious for being out of date quickly, and definitely not reliable at all.

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We just checked again and the prices are correct. Some vendors charge a booking fee which they do not show at the first page but only if you proceed to checkout. E.g. the last offer for $29 has $3 booking fee. We always show the full price including all fees.
Booking fees are not showing up , I tried the Empire State building, cheapest being $35 (Normal price is $38). There is a $3 booking fee per ticket.
We corrected the problem see: https://www.ticketlens.com/en/g6248 the parent page: https://www.ticketlens.com/en/p680490/new-york/empire-state-... will update soon. Unfortunately this specific site is a bit complicated with the fees. Which underscores how in transparent this market is.
Indeed :-( You got us! We need to fix this case.
It would be useful if you broke it down and had a total.

Do you use any Google APIs?

Gotcha, nice catch!