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Old August 11th, 2011, 07:01 PM posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Default Flight price weirdness

On 8/10/2011 6:26 AM, Gadi Ben-Avi wrote:

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


Because the cost is not based on the airlines cost of providing the
service, it's based on what the market will bear.

Yes, nothing stops you from not getting on the second flight to
Wilmington (though it upsets the airline because they are expecting you
on the second flight), but you can't get onto the second flight in
Atlanta on the way back.

Atlanta has been one of the most expensive places to fly to/from for
ages. They only have one airport, whereas most metro areas that size
have two or three airports. Delta uses up so many of the gates that
smaller carriers can't get in, though Southwest will be there eventually
due to their purchase of AirTran.