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Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by mikeash »

NhanH wrote: post #17
stickperson wrote: post #2

Don't airline companies really frown upon this practice? I can't recall if they can actually do something about it though.

I don't understand, why does airline frown upon this practice? What do they lose from you not going to one of their flight?

Revenue!

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by giarc »

martingordon wrote: post #19

You require me to share on Facebook before you show me flight info? That's a great way to get me to close the site and never come back, never mind all the other risks associated with hidden city travel.

You can "share" it with yourself. Then go to Facebook and unshare it if you don't feel like your friends seeing you sharing a page.

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by NhanH »

mikeash wrote: post #21
NhanH wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand, why does airline frown upon this practice? What do they lose from you not going to one of their flight?

Revenue!

But you have already paid for the ticket, isn't it?

The other question I'm wondering would be, how could it be possible in that case that A -> B directly would be more expensive than A -> B ->C ?

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by Dawenster »

NhanH wrote: post #23
mikeash wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Revenue!

But you have already paid for the ticket, isn't it? The other question I'm wondering would be, how could it be possible in that case that A -> B directly would be more expensive than A -> B ->C ?

Not sure - perhaps the airline is promoting that route or that route is already popular. Often the "C" segment takes you to the Caribbean or to Las Vegas. Price is not always correlated with distance flown.

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by tzs »

NhanH wrote: post #23
mikeash wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Revenue!

But you have already paid for the ticket, isn't it? The other question I'm wondering would be, how could it be possible in that case that A -> B directly would be more expensive than A -> B ->C ?

A->B->C most likely is more expensive to the airline than A->B, but cost to the airline is just one factor in determining how much the airline charges the consumer. B could be a more desirable destination than C, and so people are willing to pay more for trips to B.

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by neumann »

I have just been looking at tickets to the US. My intent was to stop for a few days in Japan or Malaysia, and book the first and second leg separately.

I checked flying Tokyo->Minneapolis and was given a few prices, in the $1100 range without having to rely on sprint etc.

I then checked KL->Minneapolis and got a price for $700 that flew first to Tokyo with AA. When I tried buying just the Tokyo->Minneapolis leg for the same flights I was quoted $4000!

Airplane routing and pricing is really unclear and deliberately opaque.

While I am glad this service exhists, it reminds me of early SEO and search engine wars. If this gets popular enough, this loophole will be closed.

Re: Save money flying from New York and San Francisco

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Post by mikeash »

NhanH wrote: post #23
mikeash wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Revenue!

But you have already paid for the ticket, isn't it? The other question I'm wondering would be, how could it be possible in that case that A -> B directly would be more expensive than A -> B ->C ?

If you had bought the trip you actually wanted to take, you would have paid more. Further, it would have left a seat open on the second flight which they might have sold to somebody else, making even more money still.

Of course, the second flight probably isn't 100% sold out, and you might have gone with a competitor or not taken the trip at a higher price. But they don't necessarily see that, much like music labels don't necessarily understand that every instance of piracy is not a lost sale.

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