Originally Posted by
nineworldseries
Never ceases to amaze me how many people confuse "direct" and "nonstop" flights and think they mean the exact same thing. Is this just an instance where so many people misuse the term where it's self-perpetuating and even more people continue to do it?
That is because the airlines chose to use the wrong word, and are trying to re-define "direct".
It is no less shady than busses in China saying they are "zhi da" (translated "direct") when they stop multiple times before.