Originally Posted by
newyorklondon
I was very surprised to see that by adding the LHR-JFK-LHR sectors to my JNB-LHR-JNB trip, the increase in cost was only £550, with all four sectors in First. Is this a known thing? Am I missing something?
As always, fares are not directly proportional to either distance or number of sectors flown. Fares are set by market. So these will be much more based on what fares BA can achieve in the JNB-LON market and in the JNB-NYC market.