"Gadi Ben-Avi" wrote in message
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Hi

I just did some searches using Kayak.com
In both cases the search was for a round trip leaving on November 18th
2011 and returning on the 23rd
The first search was from Newark to Atlanta, The best price was $427 on
either Delta or United
The second search was from Newark to Wilmington, NC. The best price was
$295 on Delta, and the trip goes through Atlanta

The first leg on both routes is the same

Why is a route that uses one flight more expensive than a route that uses
two flights?

Gadi

There was a time, a good few years ago when a Delta flight went through (I
seem to remember) Charlotte en route from Washington to Atlanta. The crews
reported getting mismatches between checked in and seated passengers on the
Charlotte/Atlanta segment. There were often a few passengers missing on
that segment. It took a while but they finally worked out that the WAS/ATL
fare was less than WAS/CLT so people were buying WAS/ATL, traveling with
hand baggage only, and getting off in CLT.

My guess is A N Other airline offers the $295 fare and Delta is price
matching.