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"after all, how much can you actually save by [skipping a flight]"? Many airlines have complicated pricing models that attempt to capture market demand. For e
by alec 16y ago
"after all, how much can you actually save by [skipping a flight]"?
Many airlines have complicated pricing models that attempt to capture market demand.
For example, I just looked up flights from Portland, ME to Los Angeles, departing on Jan 19 and returning Jan 26. If you take US and connect through Philadelphia, the cheapest price is $309. If you were to fly from Philadelphia to Los Angeles non-stop on that same day, it's $399 - 30% more expensive! If US were to allow you to skip the first and last part of the Portland-Los Angeles trip and get on and off at Philadelphia, they would receive substantially less revenue.
- joelhaasnoot 16y agoFlying internationally just amplifies this: was looking for tickets during the Christmas season and it was 50% cheaper to fly Brussels - Amsterdam - Kampala than Amsterdam - Kampala.
- dalore 16y agoIt was cheaper for us to fly to San Francisco from London by first flying to Amsertdam and then catching the same flight that we would have caught but starting at Amsterdam which then connects through Heathrow.
- nkassis 16y agoIn summary, they can game us but we can't game them. The asymmetric information barrier that airlines have setup is going to disappear soon. There are plenty of site working on breaking it down. In the case of the author of the post, he now has a preference for an airline. I bet he would now pay extra for a flight on Virgin. When is the last time someone became a fan of United AA or Delta?