Originally Posted by
aircrashsurvivor
Sorry if this sounds dumb but can someone explain why it's almost double to travel NA - LHR r/t in premium class cabins compared to LHR - NA r/t
Specifically Toronto
All airlines J and F (if they have but most don't) seem almost double going east as the outbound
We looked at starting from JFK and that's much cheaper too. Is it a Toronto "thing" and why just with r/t flights outbound from NA ?
Going to be cheaper to one way to LHR then leapfrog back and forth with returns originating in london !!
I always assumed first class/business class prices are very dependent on the day-trip business traveler.
In this case, my thought is that business travelers originating in NA are traveling a red-eye eastbound prior to a business meeting. Leave Tuesday night, arrive Wednesday morning in London to conduct business that day. While the business travelers originating in Europe are likely arriving the evening before their business meeting the next day (leave Tuesday afternoon London, arrive Tuesday evening Toronto, spend the night, conduct business Wednesday). The eastbound traveler would pay a premium for that premium cabin while the westbound traveler wouldn't (as they are returning home during the red-eye).