Can Airlines Use the Internet to Offer Discriminatory Pricing?
Richard D’Ambrosio , Travel Market Report
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether the airline industry is data mining consumer personal information in order to charge them airfares based on things like income and purchasing behaviors.
Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader, believes that “dynamic pricing” software under development could be used to more closely track consumer web surfing habits, and link those travelers to other personal information about them in order to determine what kind of fares to display to them.