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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
This is pretty common. Fares from hubs are generally higher. Think about why people would like to do hidden city ticketing.
I may or may not regularly check the difference in fares ex-GSP vs. ex-ATL.

Especially for longer leisure trips where I don't mind spending half a day on either end driving to GSP then flying back to ATL, it can be quite worthwhile. Extra 1k MQM and save a bunch on parking, too.
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