In a bygone day, airlines issued discount tickets to students who would be willing to fly...

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In a bygone day, airlines issued discount tickets to students who would be willing to fly on a particular day, with no notice, at a discounted price, one needed to show proof of being of student. The students would have to fly "standby", if and only if there was an available seat, only on that day. Students were able to obtain these tickets, make fictitious reservations, cancel the reservations at the last minute, and secure a seat on the flight at a discounted price. Answer the following questions. a Is this a form of price discrimination? Why? Include in your analysis differing levels of elasticity, if relevant, and any other feature +10pts Provide a dollar and cents example. b. Why would an airline use this practice? +5 pts extra credit c The airlines caught up with this scheme and ended it. What principal of price discrimination did the students violate so as to end it? +3 pts extra credit In a bygone day, airlines issued discount tickets to students who would be willing to fly on a particular day, with no notice, at a discounted price, one needed to show proof of being of student. The students would have to fly "standby", if and only if there was an available seat, only on that day. Students were able to obtain these tickets, make fictitious reservations, cancel the reservations at the last minute, and secure a seat on the flight at a discounted price. Answer the following questions. a Is this a form of price discrimination? Why? Include in your analysis differing levels of elasticity, if relevant, and any other feature +10pts Provide a dollar and cents example. b. Why would an airline use this practice? +5 pts extra credit c The airlines caught up with this scheme and ended it. What principal of price discrimination did the students violate so as to end it? +3 pts extra credit

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a Yes this is a form of price discrimination Price discrimination occurs when a seller charges diffe... View the full answer