Reef Fish wrote:
nobody wrote:
"Scott en Aztl=E1n" wrote:

Why the hell should it cost LESS for a ROUND-TRIP ticket between
a
given pair of cities than it does for a ONE-WAY ticket between
those
same two cities?

Because, just like car rental, it costs less to the airline when
the
airplane
returns to its point of origin instead of being left in some
distant
city :-)
:-) :-) :-) :-) ;-)

Not quite! Poor analogy.

Car rental ONE-WAY is a one-vehicle one-passenger rental service.
If the one-way rental is substatially one-way from A to B, but
seldom from B to A, then the company would have to find ways of
stocking A with enough cars, possibly requiring payment a third-
party to bring back the car.

ONE-WAY flying is a one-vehicle multi-passengers transportation.
The planes are scheduled to return whether any of the one-way
passengers return or not. Charging more for ONE-WAY than for a
ROUNDTRIP, in many instances, is the airline's way of discouraging
passengers doing his own routing to achieve lesser fare.

That's only ONE of the reasons why flying (one-way OR roundtrip)
from ATL -- via IAH -- CZM (Cozumel) on CO, generally costs LESS
than from IAH -- CZM at the same time, on the same plane.


That's airline "economics" alright because "economics" is often
just plain mumble-jumble. :-)

Hope the above helps.

-- Bob.

Because the roundtrip is in H with a Saturday night stay and is
non-refundable.

The one-way is full fare B/Y, can be refunded or changed without
penalty. B/Y fares are upgraded on a space available basis

Buy a fully flexible round trip and compare it with the same as a one
way and see for yourself - the one way is half the roundtrip.

js