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Flight price weirdness
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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 |
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Flight price weirdness
"Gadi Ben-Avi" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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. |
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