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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 9:44 pm
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Question About Fare Construction
Okay, I'm not exactly a babe-in-the-woods here, but this has me baffled:

I'm trying to book a trip BOS-SFO-NYC for 7/5 ret 9/13.

UA, AA offer nonstops in the $400 range. CO offers a 1-stop plus nonstop through EWR for about the same.

NW, OTOH, wants roughly $900.

The kicker is, that the *same flights*, if used as part of a straight NYC-SFO-NYC or BOS-SFO-BOS roundrip, also make the fare about $400something.

Point is, the multi-city option doubles the fare and then some.

Why?
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