Hello! I am planning to travel to USA from Romania in the foreseeable future and I have a question. I will have some stuff to do in Detroit, Michigan. When I searched for tickets from Bucharest to Detroit, the prices were pretty high, so I've tried searching for tickets from Bucharest to Chicago. I have found less expensive tickets that have a stop in Amsterdam and then in Detroit another stop on the way to Chicago. The way back is the same, that is Chicago-Detroit-Amsterdam-Bucharest.
My question is why these tickets are far less expensive, even though they have 3 flights instead of 2 and both go to Detroit. Furthermore, would I be able to buy the cheap tickets mentioned before and just skip the third flight (the first flight on the way back)?