I think its because those seats wouldent be used if they didnt do this, so they make it cheaper to fill those seats, because whilst they may not be making any money directly, they are spening a lot of money to run a plane for a single flight, and they might as well get people on them and show them that they provide a good service.Psyk said:
why is a return flight cheaper than a single?
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Some of the arguments in this thread are quite simply ridiculous.
To say that they charge double because there is likely to be an empty seat on the way back doesn't make any sense whatsover. What about people coming one way in the other direction? And then for those who say that if you order a return and don't turn up for the return leg that there are plenty of standbye passengers, that totally defeats the argument that the return flights will be returning empty.
The only credible explanation is restrictions imposed on the ticket and/or special offers on return fairs.
To say that they charge double because there is likely to be an empty seat on the way back doesn't make any sense whatsover. What about people coming one way in the other direction? And then for those who say that if you order a return and don't turn up for the return leg that there are plenty of standbye passengers, that totally defeats the argument that the return flights will be returning empty.
The only credible explanation is restrictions imposed on the ticket and/or special offers on return fairs.
John_V85 said:
to see how this works go to an airline website and get a price for a return fair ( cheapest economy ) , then go back and reprice it as a flexible economy , the difference is usually huge
afaik one ways ( except budget airlines ) are usually on a flexible basis as the biggest market is business passengers who often need the flexibilty
