Precisely. Southwest still has a contract of carriage, and they are fairly foul when you violate it. But Southwest's model is of a cost-plus pricing model, (versus the yield mechanism of others), and negates the need to finagle the pricing. Southwest just happens to have taken that fact and turned it into a marketing ploy. Matthew -- Just remember, amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic. On Apr 7, 2004, at 9:48 AM, David Mueller wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:45:37, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Another reason to fly Southwest - they don't care if you do this. > > Probably has something to do with the way airlines like Southwest, > JetBlue, and AirTran price their fares. Pretty much everything on > JetBlue and AirTran (not as sure about Southwest) is based on one way > fares, so it costs more to purchase a round trip than a one way. > > --- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com