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Old Feb 7, 2019 | 5:36 pm
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JHake10
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Originally Posted by vanillabean
In a particularly interesting twist sifting through east coast airports, I noticed United July 16 18:45 BDL-ORD-SFO being $60 less expensive on Orbitz that the BDL-ORD alone. I think there’s a term for airlines sometimes pricing it this way.
Nothing really surprising here. United thinks they can charge more/there is more demand to fly from BDL-ORD. Many airlines can get you from BDL to SFO with one stop. Less can get you from BDL to ORD nonstop.
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