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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. |
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