Hi,

Steven here, only an occasional flyer, although a bit more now.

Clearly, this subject line question is only if you are going carry-on. And the planes change, ie. off the plane to another gate. And you inform them of the cancellation after the first leg.

An example. Tomorrow a flight from Minneapolis to Chicago. Right now, United charges $282 and up. Yet the flights to Madison, Wisconsin (some changing planes) are $210, with the same stop in Chicago. Hmmmm...

Another example I noticed was that a US Air MSP-LGA ticket was lots cheaper than a MSP-CLT ticket. There, however, it was the same plane, making cancellation ... difficult.

And I remember years ago this issue came up with round-trip tickets over the weekend, that were cheaper than one-way. I think some airlines tried to charge if you did not use leg the return. (Now this may be less of an issue, since often R/T is simply two legs added ... I would be curious if there is much point in searching R/T anymore in the sense of getting cheaper fares.)

Anyway, this question is similar in concept.

Ethics? Sense?

It all seems very strange. You would think they would avoid a major anomaly like this, although as we know airline pricing can be arcane, byzantine and high-tech all at the same time.

Your thoughts welcome.

Thanks.

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Any experiences on Spirit from MSP-Chicago? I am not a fan of flying Spirit, here I may make an exception.

Steven Avery