Originally Posted by
Often1
If there is better pricing on AS and AS provides you with acceptable convenience, why on earth book anything else?
This is Flyertalk! There must be MQMs or credit card baggage/lounge perks at stake.
I will say though that this is a lesson I had to learn too, and ended up doing two itineraries as a result. Now I always search for 1 pax and then go back to change the quantity once I decided on the flight I want.