Complaint: Customer Service price of flights ........ just greed!!
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Old Oct 9, 2008, 8:19 PM
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Originally Posted by statesideal View Post
so explain how they can book a flight from here but we can't book one from there?
Much of this has to do with marketing. Europe is not any U.S. Airline's home market, just like the U.S. is not home market to any foreign airline. Therefore, since there is less name recognition outside your own territory you have to price the product at a lower rate in order to sell it. That's often the case with foreign airlines flying from the U.S. too. It could be hundreds of dollars less to fly with British Airways if you're originating in U.S. than it is to originate your trip in Britain (their home market).