Originally Posted by
LizGross144
In my experience (which is very different from the West Coast), flights are only likely to price one-ways at 50% of the round-trip if they're between cities were Southwest operates. For example, on Delta one-ways price at 50% of round trip from MKE to many cities, but closer to my home at MSN, the one-way is more like 2/3 the price of the RT.
Yep. AS also prices RT fares as two one-way's. Given that WN and AS have a very large presence on the West Coast, it's not surprising many fares are priced this way.
However, looking at routes where there is no non-stop competition with either, for example DL's SFO-DTW or LAX-DTW flights, you can see the old legacy model still in effect.
Cheapest one-way LAX-DTW = $247, cheapest RT = $358.
Cheapest one-way SFO-DTW = $445, cheapest RT = $387.