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In loyalty programs the benefit percentage often increases as a function of money spent, disproportionally benefiting the more well off who spend more. I've yet to encounter a loyalty program that would do the inverse (probably there are some that cap the benefits, which could be interpreted to be to this direction). Neither have I seen a loyalty program that would only accept poor people.

Price discrimination is anything where the same product is sold at different price for different buyers. All loyalty programs are price discrimination.



> disproportionally benefiting

Only if you think a $50000 discount on a Lamborghini is disproportionate compared with a $500 saving on a Kia.




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