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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 4:51 pm
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chasbondy
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Originally Posted by GoCanes
I was looking at booking some tickets from EWR to MCO. I was looking to leave on a Wed. evening and return on a Sunday. When I first went to book I accidently put in returning on a Monday and got a price around $159 on the outbound. When I corrected the day to returning on a Sunday, the outbound price changed to $181. Anyone have any idea why the outbound prices would be affected by the return day?? I am guessing the pricing per leg is based on the entire itinerary on not priced individually? Thanks.
Sunday travel is generally $20-$30 higher as it is a busy travel day. Plus, especially to Hawaii, the State will offer incentives to the airlines to have 3 night minimums in their fares so that the hotels will have better occupancy, so you often get a wide disparity in fares when trying to a 2 night weekender and coming home on Monday
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