Originally Posted by
star_world
Pretty typical in this industry - you pay for the convenience of the nonstop in the markets they dominate. Are you implying it's accidental?
Yes. Ish.
This is not a situation of differently-priced fares published with different routing restrictions. It's a situation where the monopoly pricing (which UA applies to both non-stops and one-stops in this market, it looks like) is being defeated by end-on-end combinations. That's why the OP is seeing this only through outstations.