Originally Posted by
jwhite4
By the same logic, would you ask an airline why you just can't get off at 'B' on an A-B-C itinerary when A-B-C is cheaper than A-B?
Indeed. Just replace 'C' by 'A'. In other words, I think the situation here is very similar to one in which flying return from A to B is cheaper than a one-way. You buy a return ticket and only fly the first leg. There's very little the airline can do.
Having said that, in the airline industry such a situation, while frequent, is only half the truth, since the rules that govern the one-way fare are typically much more lax than the rules of the return fare. Whereas with the car rental situation, there's no difference whatsoever between the one week deal and the 8 day one.
I agree that this must be an error.
Shuly