Originally Posted by
exerda
The funny thing is, when I fly connecting itins, the PQDs allocated to the regional segments are always ridiculously low. E.g. a $500 transcon connecting fare allocates $475 to the mainline + $25 to the regional segment.
Is that because they are contract carriers? Really have no idea, but I was under assumption the majors pay a contracted outsourcing fee to them to fly these routes. so $25 X 50 seats might mean they're paying $1250 to a contract carrier that does a route like ORD-MSN