Wednesday, May 25, 2005

The Science of Flight Ticketing

Apparently, there are many options to go from one place to another by plane.

Take my trip for example:
Even if you are stuck with Economy class like me, you still have 8 companies you can fly with. Each of them fly through different countries and on different days of the week.

4 Different Price Ranges:
1)The ridiculously expensive "Standard" prices
2)The "I am smarter" expedia.ca or whatever prices
3)The "I am normal" travel agent arranged prices.
4)The "My... died" humanitarian prices.

3 Different Seasons:
No, not Spring, Summer, Fall! You forgot Winter and that's 4, not 3!
1)Low 2)Shoulder(not neck?) 3)High

3 Types of tickets:
1)The "I am not coming back" One Way
2)The "holiday!!" Return (1/2 year limit)
3)The "I don't wanna go home!" Return (1 year limit)

Say I am traveling on a particular day, I still have 238 combinations of the able!
Now since I wanna pay "Normal" price, I have to choose between some 12 agents that I know, so 2856 choose 1. Does this remind you of Finite Math?

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