Originally Posted by aztimm

Your analogy doesn't hold. Here's one that may...

When driving across the U.S. between AZ and PA, I've routine passed, "The Big Texan," Steakhouse in Amarillo, TX (it is impossible to miss from the I-40). Because of the location, the billboards, and the general hype, I've stopped for lunch there on most trips. They have a deal that if you eat a full meal...salad, shrimp coctail, steak (I can't remember how big it is but I think 24+ oz), baked potato, varioius other sides, and dessert, all in like an hour you'll pay something like $10. You also get some special prize, your name up on a plaque. You have to sit at a special table, on a platform, with staff judging you (and other customers watching).
If you fail to eat everything and/or in the time limit, the price is close to $100.
Of course if you eat all this at a normal table, even if you do it in the time limit, and haven't informed the staff ahead of time, you'll still pay that $100 price.


If I book a US PHX-PHL-AVP one way flight for $140, I'm entering into a contract with US to fly PHX-PHL-AVP at that set price. If I then get off in PHL, I'm subject to the penalties of the US Contract of Carriage. We all know that PHX-PHL could indeed be (and probably is) more than that $140, even though PHX-PHL is using the same exact seat on the same exact plane.