LoneStarMike
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I asked this question on another board and it generated some good discussion, so I''ll ask it here.
Why are some very reasonable one-stop connections not shown as published service?
Here''s an example:
When you look at AUS - LAS flights, the last published flight of the day, Flight 902 leaves at 5:10 p.m. and stops in ELP and ABQ before arriving in LAS at 8:00 p.m. Total elapsed time is 4 hours 50 minutes
If you want to leave after 5:10p.m. you''re out of luck.
But, if you bought two separate tickets, you could leave AUS at 7:55p.m. on Flight 1959 and fly to HOU, arriving at 8:40 p.m., have a 55 minute layover and depart on Flight 1191 at 9:35 p.m. and arrive in LAS 10:45 p.m.
Total elapsed time 4 hours 50 minutes- same as the last published flight with a departure that''s 2 hours 45 minutes later providing the customer another option and allowing Southwest to advertise another frequency in the AUS-LAS city-pair.
So why wouldn''t Southwest want to show this as a published connection? Especially since there''s no alternative to get to LAS on Southwest that time of day?
Do they not want you flying east only to have to backtrack and fly west? They have published service between AMA and LBB via DAL, so I don''t think that would be the case.
Besides, flying to HOU first is not that far out of the way. Folks in AUS flying Continental to the West Coast do it every day.
Is it because they don''t want to appear to be competing with Continental too much?
Did the computer just miss it as a valid connection?
I''m not really complaining, I was just curious what the rationale is for deciding whether or not a connection will be listed as published service.
I know they don''t have published connections between DAL and cities outside the Wright/Shelby Amendment, even though some are possible, but that wouldn''t apply to my AUS-LAS example.
LoneStarMike
Why are some very reasonable one-stop connections not shown as published service?
Here''s an example:
When you look at AUS - LAS flights, the last published flight of the day, Flight 902 leaves at 5:10 p.m. and stops in ELP and ABQ before arriving in LAS at 8:00 p.m. Total elapsed time is 4 hours 50 minutes
If you want to leave after 5:10p.m. you''re out of luck.
But, if you bought two separate tickets, you could leave AUS at 7:55p.m. on Flight 1959 and fly to HOU, arriving at 8:40 p.m., have a 55 minute layover and depart on Flight 1191 at 9:35 p.m. and arrive in LAS 10:45 p.m.
Total elapsed time 4 hours 50 minutes- same as the last published flight with a departure that''s 2 hours 45 minutes later providing the customer another option and allowing Southwest to advertise another frequency in the AUS-LAS city-pair.
So why wouldn''t Southwest want to show this as a published connection? Especially since there''s no alternative to get to LAS on Southwest that time of day?
Do they not want you flying east only to have to backtrack and fly west? They have published service between AMA and LBB via DAL, so I don''t think that would be the case.
Besides, flying to HOU first is not that far out of the way. Folks in AUS flying Continental to the West Coast do it every day.
Is it because they don''t want to appear to be competing with Continental too much?
Did the computer just miss it as a valid connection?
I''m not really complaining, I was just curious what the rationale is for deciding whether or not a connection will be listed as published service.
I know they don''t have published connections between DAL and cities outside the Wright/Shelby Amendment, even though some are possible, but that wouldn''t apply to my AUS-LAS example.
LoneStarMike