Difference in pricing?

[TerryW]

Hell all A.F.F's
At the moment i am pricing airfares for my family in Cairns to Travel to U.S.A. The current prices from the Air New Zealnd Website are as follows=
Economy
CNS.<>SFO= $1681.00
PER.<>SFO= $1667.00
Business
CNS.<>SFO=$7051.00
PER.<>SFO=$7512.00
As you see the two prices are opposite,is this due to different landindg etc prices?is there any other resonable explanation?Does not make sense to either myself or family.
Thanks
Terry.

 

[harvyk]

It prob has a lot to do with the CNS-AKL leg vs the PER-AKL leg. Depends on the number of fares available from a specific fare bucket. It also has to do with the number of seats available on the flight, and that PER-AKL is treated as a proper international flight by AirNZ, but anything east coast AU is treated as short haul international, so different fare rules.

 

[chrisb]

Also check which flights these are on. I've noticed airnz website likes to offer virgin flights fairly regularly. From per it could end up being 3 hops.

 

[mannej]

So the confusion comes from Y being dearer from one port, yet J is dearer from the other port.
Unfortunately, you need a degree in airfares to understand why these are the way they are.
Sometimes market forces dictate prices, other times the logic of the airline prevails.

I wouldn't try too hard to figure it out, as you will be trying for a while.