Wow that's messed up...

**pacallen** · 03-21-2006, 12:48 AM

Because of some messed up travel arrangements for spring break, my car is parked in STL's long term parking. I have a choice on staying in Atlanta or driving back to Kansas City and picking up my car on 3/26. However, when looking at airfares from MCI-STL and ATL-STL, I hit one of the amazing complexities of the airline reservation system. The price of the flight from MCI-STL via ATL was $88. However, the flight from ATL-STL was $599, but on the same flight that I would catch if I was flying from MCI via ATL (Comair 5569). I know that most airline pricing is based on going from one "zone" to another, but it seems rediculous to charge over $500 more for less flying time (no flight from MCI-ATL). I was wondering if I decided to stay in Atlanta, could I book the MCI-ATL-STL flight and just show up for the ATL-STL part of it to save $500?

**BlueDevil** · 03-21-2006, 01:41 PM

Call the airline and see.

**hylander_1** · 03-22-2006, 06:47 PM

Sorry this has nothing to do with your topic, but I just noticed that you got your private only two days after I got mine. I know that's random, but that's pretty neat.

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**mongoose44** · 03-23-2006, 12:08 AM

>Sorry this has nothing to do with your topic, but I just
>noticed that you got your private only two days after I got
>mine. I know that's random, but that's pretty neat.

Hehe grats... July was a busy month at my local airport and it was quite hard to find an open day to do it.

Going back to my original problem, it was solved by a drive from Atlanta to Saint Louis to Kansas City lol... Still kinda interesting that the airline pricing system is so screwed up though. Next time it comes up I will call the airline and see what they say...