Originally Posted by
adventures_await
Again, this is not a United/Lufthansa specific problem. All the airlines I tested this with are doing the same. Looks like an airline imposed US itinerary originating fee.
ok - so why is this in the UA forum? Sounds like maybe a destination forum is more appropriate?
as already noted, fares are point-to-point, and a fare from one place to FRA and the same point to WAW are different markets that have different demand and so charge different fares. Same goes from XXX to FRA roundtrip vs. FRA to XXX roundtrip. Furthermore, it gets more complicated - taxes/charges can be different, and fares can even be different for the same route on a US point-of-sale vs a German one, for example. Not to mention this is not uncommon in other markets either - fares ex-Thailand roundtrip to the US are often much cheaper than ex-US roundtrip to Thailand. Way of the industry. If you travel, kind of just have to deal with it.