Comment by charcircuit

8 months ago

>Leaving aside the no-show rule, which doesn't make much sense to me

A->B->C can be cheaper than B->C. If people could skip flight A, then people already in B would buy the cheaper A->B->C.

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vishnugupta  8 months ago

I could probably be convinced of this reason.

But why would they cancel B-A when there’s a no show for A-B? More so when there’s a few days gap between A-B and B-A? The only issue being they were booked as a single itinerary/PNR. I don’t see what cost has got anything to do with it.

  • Pamar  8 months ago

    Because they could use the now "vacated" seats for:

    - Last minute travellers (who pay significantly higher for this)

    - move their own personnel from B to A

    - alleviating problems caused by overbooking, canceled flights, delayed flights or any other disruption.