Sunday 31 October 2010

Expedia, Doha, Bahrain and Price Discrimination

Why do some online travel agents charge such blatantly bad deals.

There is a 100% (hidden?) markup on a Gulf Air flight from Doha to Bahrain, if you buy it through Expedia.co.uk.

Is this to take advantage of foreigners flying into the Gulf who are simply unaware?

For your convenience I've put the exchange rate as of Oct 31, 2010

780.00 Qatari Rial = 133.726 British Pound 
Expedia.co.uk charges £266 and the Gulf Air site £133


In addition, I've pasted in screen shots below.

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