Originally Posted by
IADCAflyer
Expect more of that. American and United are in an epic battle of wills over Chicago and Ive been told that American's CRS has been structured to route passengers through Chicago if possible.
So that’s why it's cheaper to fly through ORD these days. From STL going west in terms of cost, it's PHX, CLT, ORD, DFW, but the $$$ difference between routing via CLT instead of ORD isn't worth the time.