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Old Jul 17, 2004 | 1:40 pm
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Simple Explanation

Originally Posted by andrzej
I went to aa.com and did a search by fare for an upcoming flight.

A prefered outbound is packaged together with not so desirable inbound at $210

A not so prefered outbound is packaged together with the prefered innbound at $212

So, I go to res, pick schedule and pick the prefered outbound and inbound, and it comes back with $240

Can anybody explain?
They want to charge you more (e.g. maybe THEY know it is the most desireable, too) , and the $240 fare is neither "part of" the first one nor the second one, it is a new third one. And $240 is what it costs. Who said they have to charge the average of the two? It is not the same as either.
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