<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by *HighFlyah*:
Was just wondering the other day on my flight from LAX-HKG, why do airlines allow someone travelling from Point A to Point B connect through points C,D,E,F, etc...?
I know we all love these connections for various reasons - extra mileage, extra status segments, avoiding long nonstop legs, etc, meeting friends during connections etc.
However, from an airline point of view, doesn't it account for lost (relative) revenue? Instead of occupying seats just one or two flights, I take up seats in various other flights on my way to my destination, seats that they could have sold to other passengers.
In addition, when upgrades are taken into account, those expensive money-making premium cabins are filled up with unncessary travllers who are connecting just for the heck of it, no?
Lastly, it baffles me that (at least in the past), non-direct flights are cheaper than direct?
*HighFlyah*
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However you can argue the other way as well. These passengers are taking up space that otherwise would have been empty.