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- Oct 31, 2003
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Please excuse me if this topic has already been discussed, but I feel like I need to vent.
I'm trying to get my mother and sister to fly IND-MSP. Obviously we don't have a direct flight, so they have to make a connection in CLT. Now because US Airways does not publish a fare between these two cities (they want you to take United on a code share through ORD), I have to price the flight segments seperately. By doing that, the price doubles. That makes it cheaper to ride on a NW ZED fare than to take US Airways....the company I work for. Excuse me, but does this make any sense?
Also, this is from the ETC....
There are a couple things to note with this chart. First, travel between two zones in either direction is
the same price. If you’re traveling from zone 4 to zone 2, you’ll pay the same guest fare as someone
traveling from zone 2 to zone 4.
If you’re connecting outside the zone, the cost is the same. That is, if you’re traveling PDX (Zone 2)
to PHL (Zone 6) on HP, the fare is $40, even if you dip briefly into PHX (Zone 1) to catch a connecting
flight.
This is not true. IND-MSP is zone 6 to 4. CLT is in zone 5. So now I have to pay a fare for zone 6 (IND) to zone 5 (CLT) AND zone 5 (CLT) to zone 4 (MSP). This doubles the price for the guest pass. The whole trip is on East metal.
Does any of this make sense? If so, why? You would think that they could look at the situation and see how rediculous it is, then override the computer pricing and make it right.
Am I alone in seeing it this way?
I'm trying to get my mother and sister to fly IND-MSP. Obviously we don't have a direct flight, so they have to make a connection in CLT. Now because US Airways does not publish a fare between these two cities (they want you to take United on a code share through ORD), I have to price the flight segments seperately. By doing that, the price doubles. That makes it cheaper to ride on a NW ZED fare than to take US Airways....the company I work for. Excuse me, but does this make any sense?
Also, this is from the ETC....
There are a couple things to note with this chart. First, travel between two zones in either direction is
the same price. If you’re traveling from zone 4 to zone 2, you’ll pay the same guest fare as someone
traveling from zone 2 to zone 4.
If you’re connecting outside the zone, the cost is the same. That is, if you’re traveling PDX (Zone 2)
to PHL (Zone 6) on HP, the fare is $40, even if you dip briefly into PHX (Zone 1) to catch a connecting
flight.
This is not true. IND-MSP is zone 6 to 4. CLT is in zone 5. So now I have to pay a fare for zone 6 (IND) to zone 5 (CLT) AND zone 5 (CLT) to zone 4 (MSP). This doubles the price for the guest pass. The whole trip is on East metal.
Does any of this make sense? If so, why? You would think that they could look at the situation and see how rediculous it is, then override the computer pricing and make it right.
Am I alone in seeing it this way?