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Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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I've been flying internationally 10-15 times a year for ~10 years. Different routes and destinations each time. I've spent a lot of time searching for hacks like this that let me save a few bucks on flight tickets. Sometimes it works. Sometimes you find that a flight is cheaper depending on which country's website or currency you use to book. Flight tickets are priced dynamically using a variety of factors to determi…

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Somewhat related: If you rent your car via sixt.es instead of sixt.de, you'll get it for a lower price [0] [1] [0] https://www.sixt.es/betafunnel/#/offerlist?zen_pu_location=7... [1] https://www.sixt.de/betafunnel/#/offerlist?zen_pu_location=7...

Not sure about the rest of Europe but in France, go to LeClerc (the hypermarket) and get one there instead of the rental chains. I assume it's because they target locals, they are a fraction of the price.

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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I've been flying internationally 10-15 times a year for ~10 years. Different routes and destinations each time. I've spent a lot of time searching for hacks like this that let me save a few bucks on flight tickets. Sometimes it works. Sometimes you find that a flight is cheaper depending on which country's website or currency you use to book. Flight tickets are priced dynamically using a variety of factors to determi…

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Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions.

I definitely understand your sentiment. It is hard to restrain oneself of a good for some cause to see other people using it.

In this case it might be productive to adapt a new view that better suits reality and increases congruence between ideas about the world and imperics.

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. I definitely understand your sentiment. It is hard to restrain oneself of a good for some cause to see other people using it. In this case it might be productive to adapt a new view that better suits reality and increases congruence between ideas about the world and imperics.

> does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions.

The opinion that it should be addressed or not? Because there's no feasible route to addressing it that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions.

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. I definitely understand your sentiment. It is hard to restrain oneself of a good for some cause to see other people using it. In this case it might be productive to adapt a new view that better suits reality and increases congruence between ideas about the world and imperics.

> does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. The opinion that it should be addressed or not? Because there's no feasible route to addressing it that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions.

> that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions.

You can fly an airplane on non-fossil fuels.

As the original commenter also said: He'd rather focus on earning money than saving a bit. Maybe that opinion translates to the climate debate?

Maybe he wants to produce large amounts of energy with limited externalities instead of saving a bit.

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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I've been flying internationally 10-15 times a year for ~10 years. Different routes and destinations each time. I've spent a lot of time searching for hacks like this that let me save a few bucks on flight tickets. Sometimes it works. Sometimes you find that a flight is cheaper depending on which country's website or currency you use to book. Flight tickets are priced dynamically using a variety of factors to determi…

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You think that's bad? The people telling you to eat bugs and stop driving cars and buy fraudulent carbon offsets from corporations they own fly around in private jets sometimes hundreds of times per year.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. I definitely understand your sentiment. It is hard to restrain oneself of a good for some cause to see other people using it. In this case it might be productive to adapt a new view that better suits reality and increases congruence between ideas about the world and imperics.

> does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. The opinion that it should be addressed or not? Because there's no feasible route to addressing it that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions.

The opinion that personal voluntary reduction of emissions won't cut it. We need more drastic measures like carbon taxes.

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Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. I definitely understand your sentiment. It is hard to restrain oneself of a good for some cause to see other people using it. In this case it might be productive to adapt a new view that better suits reality and increases congruence between ideas about the world and imperics.

> Maybe the commenter does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions.

There really isn't any other way to address climate change than by reducing emissions.

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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I've been flying internationally 10-15 times a year for ~10 years. Different routes and destinations each time. I've spent a lot of time searching for hacks like this that let me save a few bucks on flight tickets. Sometimes it works. Sometimes you find that a flight is cheaper depending on which country's website or currency you use to book. Flight tickets are priced dynamically using a variety of factors to determi…

Do you recommend Kiwi/SkyScanner for their customer support (changing tickets, etc...) or are those just names you sometimes use? I also fly a few times a year and at this point I just want excellent customer service and don't worry about saving a few bucks but haven't found a travel agent that meets my needs. Chase Ultimate Rewards just kind of meh. I do know the value of booking directly with the airline but sometimes the price difference truly is outrageous (double even).

Re: Can you buy the same ticket at a lower price if you buy it from another country?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> does not share the opinion that climate change should be addressed by reducing emissions. The opinion that it should be addressed or not? Because there's no feasible route to addressing it that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions.

> that doesn't involve reducing fossil emissions. You can fly an airplane on non-fossil fuels. As the original commenter also said: He'd rather focus on earning money than saving a bit. Maybe that opinion translates to the climate debate? Maybe he wants to produce large amounts of energy with limited externalities instead of saving a bit.

At what cost to others?

The climate morality debate is complicated because it's all statistical. "Drown Bangladesh and Florida" is obviously a wrong outcome, but there's no one individual wrong action that leads there. You could come up with an approximation like "each gallon of jet fuel consumed raises the sea level by one femtometre"; each action is individually trivial, but combined they are not trivial.

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