Originally Posted by
miklcct
And your business travel doesn't make sense - business travel depends on the flight schedule more than any other kinds of travel, so you really don't have a choice but to take whatever airline flying on the time you need to go on your business trip.
You seem to be assuming that everyone thinks like you. It's true that there are certainly many, many business travelers that only fly nonstop (when available). But, other people will purposely take a connecting flight if it means earning elite-level status. Someone like
dici will weigh the costs of connecting (mostly just extra time) with the benefits gained (i.e. potential upgrades) by flying those extra segments.
Also, you're also assuming that every business operates in the same mindset. It's true that sometimes it's absolutely critical to get an employee from point A to point B as quickly as possible. But, sometimes it doesn't matter if the traveler arrives on the nonstop flight 6pm or via a connecting flight around 8pm. If that connecting flight is hundreds of dollars less, many companies will opt to save money.