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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.
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but remember, regardless of the fee structure, you're just cargo w/ a heartbeat...
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My mom has been a travel agent for over 30 years and she agrees with you 100%.
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It's always been like that.
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isn't it supply and demand?
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
