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Old Apr 20, 2016, 8:39 am
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dciolli
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 179
Originally Posted by ashill
Are you sure this is the case? American's web site quotes the round trip price up front, whereas Alaska's web site quotes the one way fare (based on round trip, although most Alaska fares don't require a round trip) for each leg. The fact that the AA fare is almost exactly double the AS fare makes me suspect that this is what is going on; I know that others have been confused by this in the past.
100% positive. I paid $360 for two round trip tickets for me and my wife on Alaska's website ($90 / person each way). When I priced the exact same flights on American's website, the total was $714.
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