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How would that cost them money? The ticket is already paid, whether the passenger goes on the flight has no effect.
by ctenb 3y ago
How would that cost them money? The ticket is already paid, whether the passenger goes on the flight has no effect.
- Panzer04 3y agoThe issue is they would charge you significantly more for the direct flight to the stopover location. It's a pricing model that works by charging for what people are willing to pay, not the costs incurred.
- Scoundreller 3y agoIn some international cases, it creates tax/airport fee problems. Sometimes transit passengers pay less. Whether that's an airline or passenger problem probably depends. edit: I actually can't find any examples of "airport taxes" being levied on arriving passengers that are different than transit passengers. The differentiation only seems to be between departing & transit passengers) Meanwhile, other countries let you get a tax refund on unused flights and airlines probably hate that paperwork
- regularfry 3y agoYes, but that's not costing them money. It might be lost revenue, but that's different. There's no guarantee that I would buy the ticket at all if the full direct flight price was the only option.