Originally Posted by
Ramteid
Could someone explain why a flight thru HKG to Singapore is $4100 and a flight to HKG on the same plane is $5400,(lattitude plus) makes no sense.
This has been asked time and time and time again on this forum, usually people ask why it is cheaper to fly somewhere int'l on AC from the US via Canada, than Canada direct.
Airline ticket prices have nothing (or at least very little) to do with the actual cost to the airline of getting you from point A to point B; it is all based on supply/demand. From what I can tell, you need to look at the number of competitors (and their prices) for the specific origin and destination involved, and not concern yourself with specific transit points (I believe that this is why many fares have HIP checks in case of stopover). Canada-HKG and Canada-SIN apparently have fairly different price points as those markets are different.