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I believe the main reason for this is to prevent people from getting cheaper tickets for short trips by making two separate reservations. Some airlines charge

I believe the main reason for this is to prevent people from getting cheaper tickets for short trips by making two separate reservations. Some airlines charge higher prices if you spend only night or two in destination (probably because these are usually business trips and business people have money). So back in the days you actually booked separate return trips to the destination and only used one part of each trip. The trouble is that airlines want to sell the same product with many prices. Get maximum price from business traveler, while still competing also for the price conscious holiday traveler.

ryanlol 9y ago
>I believe the main reason for this is to prevent people from getting cheaper tickets for short trips by making two separate reservations. That's a thing but it's probably not the reason for this. The main reason for this is that you have to do something weird to end up in this situation, if you miss your first flight you'd normally contact your airline. If you miss your first flight and say nothing to the airline, then they might rather reasonably assume that you aren't gonna show up for the return leg.