Freindly skies
Well, my ticket is booked for my trip to PA next
month. I will fly out of Raleigh at around noon two Thursday's
before the wedding and will spend the afternoon in Philly before
finishing my trip up to Binghamton. It was half the price to book
it as a round tip flight as opposed to a one-way flight. So guess
which I did! I don't think I'll ever understand the logic behind
that. If someone knows, do tell! Perhaps this explains why
the airline industry is so screwed up? Someone once told me the
reason they charge less for round trip flights is becuase they know
that the seat on the return trip is sold. I bought that for the
longest time, but then I started to think about it and in my case it
was $180 for a round trip flight from Raleigh to Binghamton, which
means that I am paying $90 to get up there and $90 to get back.
Following so far? For a one way flight was $410. The only
logical reason I can come up with (which I just came up with as I was
writing this) is that it really only costs the airline $50 to fly you
just about anywhere, and if they actually charged you that amount,
everyone would only fly one way. BUT...if you pad the price for a
nice profit on a round trip ticket and make the one way fare so
outrageously expensive (intentionally) then you made twice the money on
someone who you'll only have to service one time AND it will look like
you sold more tickets. Conspiracy theorists of the world, what do
you think?
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