On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 6:05PM -0800, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > It's entirely due to competition. > I looked at several different city pairs. I found that it was possible > to have > a connecting flight that is cheaper than a non-stop. Why? My feeling > is that > the airline wants to get that last seat filled (these were all > discounted > fares) and if they have to fly a passenger out of his way to do it, > they will. > Actually, this is a win-win situation. The passenger gets a cheaper > flight and > the airline gets addtional revenue. When I was working at Cheap Tickets, I saw this a few times. It generally happened when the combined tariffs for something like MKE-MSP and then MSP-DEN would be less than the tariff to fly MKE-DEN routed through MSP. I suspect this happens most when there is a fare sale that affects part of your itinerary. -- David Mueller / MRY dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com