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airfares make no sense - Racer X - 04-15-2009
I booked tickets from Seattle to Peurto Vallarta, Mexico several days ago. $322 per ticket. I just checked tickets from Seattle to Phoenix, $50 less for flights that same time/days. But half the distance. You can even fly from Seattle to Phoenix to Peurto Vallarta. (Seattle to PV usually has a stop somewhere in Socal or Phoenix) Seems that second half of the trip is only an extra $50, and that is essentially the international taxes and extra airport fees.
I understand all about different times, different days, different fee structures, but 3+ months out, most of that is a moot point.
Re: airfares make no sense - Buzz - 04-15-2009
but remember, regardless of the fee structure, you're just cargo w/ a heartbeat...
Re: airfares make no sense - dmann - 04-15-2009
My mom has been a travel agent for over 30 years and she agrees with you 100%.
DM
Re: airfares make no sense - Buck - 04-15-2009
It's always been like that.
Re: airfares make no sense - space-time - 04-15-2009
isn't it supply and demand?
Re: airfares make no sense - John B. - 04-15-2009
It's been like that for a really long time. Once upon a time, my family was going on vacation. I flew from city A where I lived to city B where my parents lived. Then all of us got on the same plane and flew to city C, our vacation destination. My flight was $50 less, even though I had an extra hop from city a to city b.
Re: airfares make no sense - freeradical - 04-16-2009
What's really weird is when a flight that originates at point A, stops over at point B, then continues on to point C is cheaper than a flight from point A to point B. Sometimes people discover this and they book a flight to point C, and get off the plane at point B. You must of course only have carry on luggage, and I don't think the airlines like people doing this.
Re: airfares make no sense - dk62 - 04-16-2009
Some of the cheapest flights are PHL or EWR to SFO or LAX. Distance does not seem to be relevant. It recently cost me more to fly PHL to Houston ($600) than to Paris ($500).
Re: airfares make no sense - dk62 - 04-16-2009
freeradical wrote:
What's really weird is when a flight that originates at point A, stops over at point B, then continues on to point C is cheaper than a flight from point A to point B. Sometimes people discover this and they book a flight to point C, and get off the plane at point B. You must of course only have carry on luggage, and I don't think the airlines like people doing this.
Actually, sometimes they will not let you on the return plane if you do this, particularly if you were supposed to change planes - at least that was the policy a few years ago.
Re: airfares make no sense - cbelt3 - 04-16-2009
I still remember, in 1989, flying from Karachi, Pakistan to Pittsburgh, PA first class one way for LESS than it cost to fly the other way, coach. Because I bought the ticket in Pakistan. If I had bought the same ticket with my travel agent in the US, it would have cost approximately 5 times the amount.