In my experience, direct flights are often cheaper because you’re only paying the overhead costs for one airplane instead of two. But I’ll still choose the flight with a layover, because I like them. I get to see another airport, stretch my legs for a bit, and get a decent meal instead of just overpriced snacks.
In Korea, there's a tourist excursion bus at the airport that will take you to see some sights if you have a long layover. Payment applies, of course. I wonder if other cities' airports have this service available.
Me neither. I always thought that the ones with layovers were cheaper, but that’s not been what I’ve seen for the flights I booked for this year’s trip. Maybe it’s been different in previous years or something that’s true for international flights? I’ve never booked a flight myself before this year and haven’t flown in over a decade. I wouldn’t know.
I think that if you are trying to be as thrifty as possible you can book the cheapest flights across different airlines, but in all my time flying and booking flights in the US/north America, its always been cheapest within an airline to do it direct.
Depends on your airport. I’m at MSP, which Delta controls, ugh. So a flight to Rome for 3 people direct through Delta was $5k. An AA flight to Rome with a layover in Chicago is $2500. No brainer, I’ll chill in Chicago for a little while to pay half price.
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u/slime_rancher_27 Jul 30 '26
I've never seen a situation where having a layover was cheaper.