Originally Posted by roberto99
Airlines do it to gain a marketing advantage on CRS listings. Nonstops are listed first. "Direct" flights list second. "Two stop" flights list next. And connections list last.
As I understand it, there is also a tax/fee advantage as it is considered one flight instead of two.
What has always struck me as odd is that if your first leg is delayed, you can still miss your second leg. In other words, there could be two flight 895s in the air at the same time.