Exactly. And some places will only be accessible if you change planes and take a second international or domestic flight. Layovers add time which means longer off work and potentially sleeping in an airport departure lounge in a hub like Istanbul.
And as @Springal has mentioned before, a few...
I said last season that an away ticket exchange would be really useful. I can see people getting tickets as soon as their tier opens and then realising they have issues with leave from work or travel arrangements. It would look really bad if we sold (say) all 1000 tickets for an away on the...