An optimal pricing system for calculating the price of travel itinerary tickets in two or more markets is provided. The optimal pricing system may include a computer and a program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, the computer to perform the following process steps: prompting a user to transmit a plurality of itinerary information and a plurality of traveler information; receiving the plurality of itinerary information and a plurality of traveler information, wherein plurality of itinerary information comprises departure location criteria, destination location criteria, and travel criteria of the travel itinerary, and wherein the plurality of traveler information comprises a home country market location and a current market location of the traveler; identifying a international component from the departure location criteria and the destination location criteria; and calculating the least expensive price of tickets for the travel itinerary substantially satisfying the plurality of itinerary information based the departure location criteria, the home country market location and the current market location.
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