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Originally Posted by surferguy
Ok how does this work.
I’d like to get to Dallas for the eclipse in April. I can fly to Dallas - $880 direct.
I can fly to Houston - $512 but it connects in Dallas.
Same flight number from YYC —-> DFW.
How does that work?
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The airlines know that people will pay more for a nonstop ("direct") flight than for a flight with a stop.
This is why they usually automatically cancel the remainder of a ticket once one leg is intentionally skipped. (To prevent people from booking cheaper roundtrip flights that have a stop and turning them into "direct" flights). (Google 'Skiplagging' for more info).
You could look into booking it as two separate one way flights and just leave the airport once you get to Dallas on the way down.