Originally Posted by EmileG

I agree; it doesn't seem fair. But it is not the same as being ripped off. Many airlines do this. A while back I had to take a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Phoenix, Arizona. After arriving in Phoenix, the same plane proceeded on to Tucson, Arizona. Yet, the ticket to Tucson cost less than the ticket to Phoenix. If you didn't have checked luggage, I suppose you could have purchased the ticket to Tucson and exited the plane in Phoenix. The return would have been another story, unless you booked an open jaw with your return flight leaving from Phoenix.