内容摘要：Taylor Vinge is dog mom to four Newfoundland dogs (lovingly referred to as Newfies), with Bloom being her youngest. She shared a video in May, featuring clips of Bloom every week over 8 weeks. Watch on to see how much the puppy grows every week; it's pretty incredible to see!

Taylor Vinge is dog mom to four Newfoundland dogs (lovingly referred to as Newfies), with Bloom being her youngest. She shared a video in May, featuring clips of Bloom every week over 8 weeks. Watch on to see how much the puppy grows every week; it's pretty incredible to see!

“In terms of the hit rate, it was probably in the neighborhood of five to 10 out of 100 domestic one-way searches without any real pattern for which routes they were deploying this on that we could see," Potter saidUSA TODAY reached out to multiple travel agents, none of whom had seen this pricing tactic before.

"Nope," Loulu Lima, founder of the Texas-based travel agency Book Here Give Here, responded to an email asking if she was familiar with this pricing strategy. "I buy solo tickets all the time."Still, airline pricing is famously opaque. There's no set schedule for how and when carriers adjust airfares, and the companies have wide latitude to set prices however they decide is best.Airlines also often try to separate business travelers from leisure travelers, because business travelers are typically less price sensitive. One of the most well-known ways airlines read the travel purpose tea leaves is a weekend stay.

Business travel typically happens during the week, so an airline itinerary that spans a Saturday night is usually a good indicator that the travel is for pleasure. Airlines often offer cheaper fare buckets for trips that include a weekend between the departure and return leg.Thrifty Traveler theorized that airlines may be trying to use solo passengers as another possible indicator of business travel.

“To many travelers, this was a real wake-up call in order to realize how far airlines are willing to go to maximize revenue," Potter said.

Unfortunately, it can be hard to know if you're getting a good deal, or to compare airline prices, because of the variability in airfares., but it’s certainly

. New research suggests it might not even be the best choice for reaching your weight-loss goals.A study, which was published in

found that tirzepatide (Zepbound) is more effective for weight loss in a head-to-head trial with semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy). It's important to point out that the study was funded by the company that makes Zepbound. But experts aren't surprised by the findings.Of course, if you’re interested in taking a weight-loss medication, it’s fair to wonder if Zepbound might be a better choice. Here’s what the study found, plus what a weight-loss doctor wants people to keep in mind when taking in this new information.