5 things airlines get wrong about leisure travelers
They don’t fly on dates 2PM and 8PM on Friday are the same dates but the former flight requires taking a leave from office, latter does not. 11PM on Friday and 1AM on the following Saturday are different dates for the airlines but it’s same for passengers. Discovery of the latter is especially poor on most booking websites. Destinations matter more than the airport The concept of the nearby airport based on the distance is archaic. For example, San Jose (SJC) and San Francisco (SFO) are almost identical for most leisure travelers since most individuals flying into either are going into SF bay area. A bit further one from SFO is SCK (Stockton) which sucks for the lack of ease of connectivity back into the SF bay area. A leisure traveler flying into Kona in Hawaii might gladly take a flight out of Hilo which is on the other side of the island. While I am giving the example of airports I am more familiar with, I think the idea applies to most metros with multiple airports. Airlines treat such a ticket as open-jaw and usually charge a higher price. ...