Friday, 20 October 2023

Airline fares - a black box!

Since I returned from my trip to Italy with Ruth, I have been looking at airline fares to South America:

3.1 - 28.1.2024: 2 weeks Ecuador (EC) and 2 weeks Colombia (CO).



My intended itinerary: 

3.1. ZRH- BOG-GYE

15.1. UIO-MDE

28.1. CLO/BOG-CTG-ZRH

(ZRH - Zurich; BOG - Bogota (CO); GYE - Guayaqil (EC); UIO - Chito (EC); MDE - Medellin CO); CLO - Cali (CO); CTG - Cartagena (CO))

At first I wanted to book:

a) ZRH-BOG-ZRH

b) BOG-GYE

c) UIO-MDE

d) CLO-BOG

(each letter stands for a booking/ ticket)


Then I searched further and now I have booked:

a) ZRH-BOG-GYE  / CLO-CTG-ZRH

b) UIO-MDE


>>>  the result: the second option is about 25% LESS expensive then the first one!

Same airlines / same days / same booking class / same fare conditions...

Can anyone explain???


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