How Airlines Price Flights | Wendover Productions
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How Airlines Price Flights | Wendover Productions

B1IntermediateNovember 13, 202617 min
  • Business & money

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This video was made possible by Blue Apron. Get three free meals from Blue Apron by being one of the first 100 people to sign up at the link below. Airline ticket pricing probably seems like a crapshoot.

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The numbers change seemingly arbitrarily every week, day, or hour, but there's some real science behind these prices. People spend their whole lives figuring out what to charge you to fly. Let's take a look at one flight on one route by one airline to understand.

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American Flight 33 leaves New York's JFK airport every day at 7am bound for Los Angeles, arriving at 10.51am Pacific time. This transcontinental route is one of the most competitive in the world with over 3.5 million yearly passengers and five major airlines connecting the country's two largest

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