iamaho

Yeah I mean YQ.

Because looking at my parents ticket which involved multiple segments on scamchargable airlines, for example:
YYZ ORD AC
ORD ICN OZ
ICN HKG OZ
HKG BKK TG
BKK NRT NH
NRT YYZ AC
...YQ was $512

Then booked a flight for the partner:
BCN ZRH LX
ZRH CDG LX
CDG BKK TG
BKK CDG TG
CDG ZRH LX
ZRH BCN LX
... YQ was around the same. At $477!

So it just seem totally arbitrary!
Any ticket without a scamchargable airline involved. Then it's only the taxes involved.
But toss in one segment that involves those airlines. Then it seems to be $500 regardless? Even if it is just one segment or 6 segments?!?

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Just as an experiment... I went to AP website and put in the following:
YYZ CDG via AC
CDG YYZ via LH AC
... YQ of $862 ($431 per segment)

then I tried:
YYZ FRA via AC
FRA BKK via TG
BKK NRT via NH
NRT ORD via NH
ORD YYZ via AC
... YQ of $670 (total)

Makes absolutely NO SENSE!