Originally Posted by
Palal
On intra-EU legs, LH has a YQ that's proportional to the number of legs flown. Since the fare itself is much less than the YQ this comes out to a per-leg pricing, discouraging flying with extra stops.
While that may be true, I seriously doubt that it is the result of discouraging mileage runners. That may be a side result, but not the primary reason. I doubt that any major airline's revenue management department uses the extremely small percentage of mileage runners as a major consideration (if at all) in their pricing decisions.
As Bear pointed out, the claim was that penalising mileage runners was the primary reason for charging more for multi-segment trips. That simply isn't a valid claim.
That's all I'm saying. A poster above asserted that some airlines upcharge for multi-segment trips "because some flyers look to book for more points and status," and I challenged this poster to cite evidence. It's a completely baseless, made-up claim.