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Old Apr 23, 2018, 10:51 am
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sbagdon
 
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To answer your subject question, the same reason an LGW-DTW-BWI is 1/2 the price of a DTW-BWI (being serviced by the same flight)... because they can, and people are willing to pay the price.
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