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Height and Weight Surcharges / Discounts

As with Bangkok the Taipei metro allows children under a certain height to travel for free - the height gage appears to the right of this photo.

In a world where so much more of everything is recorded and measured when will we start seeing more price segmentation based on height, weight, shoe size, gait? How will local rules apply to people with very different physiological traits - for example from other cultures?

What is the likelihood that airlines will be the first to start charging more for passenger's of 'excessive' weight? And given the sensitivity of this issue how will these surcharges be disguised?

Writing from Taipei | May 13, 2007 | Permalink