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Price discrimination on airline seating
7th March 2016
We're now used to paying different prices for air tickets depending on when we choose to book, but a patent has been filed in the US for a new "bench seat" that can accommodate different numbers of people depending on their size (girth in particular!). Larger passengers would have to pay more for their ticket as they would take up more room on the "bench seat", whereas skinny families with a couple of kids may save money if they can all squeeze onto one bench seat.
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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