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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 4:33 pm
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Originally Posted by frudd38
Because positioning yourself there costs money plus having to route back to a US airport for many of the long hauls.. Essentially it's 20k miles vs cost of positioning flight and time spent..
Yeah, and Mexico/Carribean award segments are hard to come by sometimes on AA/US, especially during peak seasons. Much like Hawaii during peak times, the airlines know they can sell those seats...
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