<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by andrzej:
I still don't quite understand the reasoning behind one-way fares.
Let's say a r/t is $100, why does the airline in most cases want $125 for one-way ticket?
It seems to me, they are forcing people to buy a r/t and throw away the return, but if that was the case, why not just charge $100 for one-way as well. IMHO, they should charge $75, at least that way people would just buy one-way and the airline could sell the return seat for another $75.
Will somebody explain why the airlines insist on the idiotic one-way fares?</font>
Because the regular r/t fare in this case is $250. The $100 r/t is a discount fare with special rules and restrictions. Not everyone on the plane is paying $100.
The rules and restrictions make it more difficult for people who cannot plan ahead to take advantage of that fare.