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As they are unregulated, with no set fare or formal licensing structure, precise figures are hard to come by.
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There are no set fares; drivers work for tips.
Unlike Priceline, which asks customers to bid for tickets, Hotwire displays a set fare for a given itinerary.
They are staunchly opposed to Uber, an app-based service that allows people to locate the closest available car on their smartphone and book a ride after agreeing a set fare.
The gist, though, is that separate passengers leaving from the same place — a designated list of airports, train stations and the like — could ride together, each paying a set fare.
They also are allowed to coordinate their schedules and how many seats they deploy on the route, and to set fare prices jointly.
Deregulation in 1978 removed Congress' ability to do all those things in addition to removing the government's ability to set fare prices.
Both airlines aim for a load factor of about 85% and set fares accordingly.
However, the way that train companies are allowed to set fares on individual routes is deeply unfair.
Some of the airlines benefit from antitrust immunity to set fares and coordinate schedules with foreign carriers.
But in the long term, airlines will have to set fares that can appeal to a wide variety of customers.
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