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Major Nikon

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3. Airlines base their prices on the end points and competition, not so much their actual costs

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:25 AM

Feb 2014

If Airline A offers a flight from ABC to XYZ for $99 on a certain day and time, Airline B is going to try to match that deal, even if it means they have to do so including intermediate stops. This really has no bearing on Airline B's pricing from ABC to MNO, even if MNO is an intermediate stop to XYZ. If there's no competition for the ABC to MNO flights, prices will be artificially high.

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Airfare question for anyone who might understand... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 OP

Better read the fine print. Anytime you don't show for a leg, the remainder of the tix CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #1

Not a problem these are one way tix. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #2

OK but never underestimate the sneakiness of the airlines. What's to prevent them from... CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #4

It has been abandoned as a pricing ploy... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #6

Pricing in the airline industry is one of the mysteries of life. CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #7

Thanks discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #8

A travel agent I used to use in Oregon once Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2014 #9

Airlines base their prices on the end points and competition, not so much their actual costs Major Nikon Feb 2014 #3

I don't know... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #5