Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Price Discrimination Opportunity

"Donetsk Railway introduces separate compartments in trains for men and for women from March 30, reads a statement made by the railway's press service, a copy of which Ukrainian News has obtained.

"From March 30, as an experiment, passengers of trains formed by the Donetsk Railway will have the ability to choose from travelling in compartments for ladies or for gentlemen," the statement reads.

In particular, the service will be provided in train 88 bound for Luhansk - Kyiv, train 83 Mariupol (Donetsk region) - Kyiv, and train 120 Donetsk - Kyiv.

Tickets to such compartments will cost the same as ordinary tickets."



The Railway misses a great opportunity for price discrimination here as it could easily charge slightly more for separated compartments. Another question now is what will happen if the last empty place is in a women-only compartment and the last potential buyer is a man...

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