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Old Jan 2, 2011, 9:25 pm
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Originally Posted by rjw242
True; it's this pricing model that brings about crazy "spoke-hub-hub-hub-spoke" routings that cost much less than a direct flight.
There's nothing crazy at all about charging less for connecting flights than nonstops. Likewise, there is nothing irrational at all about charging less for an A-> HUB -> B flight than for a nonstop from A to a hub. There is lots of competition in the former case, none in the latter case. Nearly every flight through a hub-and-spoke system offers the potential for hidden-city abuse, and plenty of people here are arguing -- wrongly -- that it's OK to undermine that model if you can find a way.
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