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Bernardo de La Paz

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19. The example given was an emergency, immediately. They would not know. No data

Reply to Hornedfrog2000 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:08 AM

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Able gets a phone call from his sister Baker and ten minutes later searches for a same day flight to Charleston. No connection to a transient ischemic attack in someone's brain.

The airline pricing is not done by super-sophisticated tracking with dozens or hundreds of online "partners" even though they have dozens or hundreds of online partners. It is done simply by things like Able looks at prices for a flight and after a pause of ten minutes is back on the site looking for seating availability.

Your point is well taken for ordinary events, long duration events. But it does require people giving them data. Not everyone gives them data.

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