gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) (03/09/84)
[Living sacrifice to assuage the gods of first lines . . .]
As it was explained to me when I traveled quite a bit (i.e. at least one
cross country trip a month, and once two in one week), nonstop flights,
being more convenient, are always priced higher than flights with one or
more stop. Thus I had my choice of driving from San Jose to San Francisco
to take the nonstop flight to DC, or to the San Jose airport to take a
connecting flight to San Francisco and boarding the SAME PLANE at a
substantially lower price.
FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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From the world of the middle of four-part harmony.faunt@hplabsc.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (03/11/84)
When I was with the same company as cae780!gordon I had to change my plans to include a stop-off at SFO for several hours in route from Seattle to Dayton. The original flight was Seattle, SFO, Chicago, Dayton. The new ticket charged more for SFO-Dayton, then the original Seattle-Dayton ticket had cost, and I still had to pay for Seattle-SFO. The explanation, as handed to me, was that they charged roughly per mile from origin to destination, and that Seattle and Dayton are closer together than SFO and Dayton.