Originally Posted by
kop84
Another analogy for your point about having to connect would be if you were going on a road trip and I told you that you could take the freeway and be there in 3 hours or you could take the back roads and be there in 6 it would be a tough decision to take the 6 hour trip.
What if gas along the 6 hour route was always $2/g and the 3 hour route was $10.00/g?
I can see plenty of people going the 6 hour route to save 30 bucks.
This would also have to assume using a rental car and no mileage charges.
Airlines charge for convenience... hence why the non-stop is sometimes costlier than the connection. It slightly ties into the "Can't SDS to a non-stop from a connection" issue that keeps popping up here.