Airlines that charge higher prices for customers who purchase their tickets at the last minute are:
A. perfect price discriminators.
B. lowering total economic surplus.
C. price discriminating by identifying passengers with higher reservation prices.
D. not price discriminating because the cost of the ticket is not the same.
Answer: C
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