Originally Posted by BearX220

So you are saying that consumers have a moral right to evade, upend, cheat their way around prices that don't seem fair or rational to them?

No offense, but the consumer is not the best judge. Airline pricing is rational at levels invisible to the customer. It all makes sense at a macro level and is closely tuned into supply and demand.

If the price of Champagne rises before New Year's Eve, should outraged Champagne buyers plunk down the lower, August price and run out the liquor store door? If a nasty little quesadilla costs $10.99 airside but you know it's only worth $4.99, do you have a right to pay the lower price and take off? Of course not. Those are rational prices; the fact that you don't like them is immaterial.

Again: the airline in this case is pricing A-to-B tickets much higher than A-B-C tickets for good supply-and-demand reasons. Customers don't have the right to pay a lower price just because they're outraged by the going rate.