‘Learned the hard way’: American Airlines customer books 2 flights separately to save money. Does it work?

They say we should catch flights and not feelings—but whoever said that probably doesn't realize how expensive airline tickets actually are. In a clip that has amassed 1.1 million views, TikToker Mandi (@mandi_martinez11) filmed herself booking two sets of flights on the American Airlines website: One as a round-trip, and the other as two separate tickets.

She accompanied the video with a caption that read: "POV: You learned that booking flights separately is cheaper than booking them together." And as the subtitle implies...