Originally Posted by
ranskis
aren't there restrictions regarding "END ON END"? i understood that for A-C-A via B each time, breaking the fare this way A-B & B-C each way, if A-B or B-C are like END ON END NOT PERMITTED, it would not price on the same ticket. If breaking the fare is cheaper than a A-C-A, the passenger would need to buy 2 separate tickets ABA and BCB losing connecting services like luggage through, checkin to end destination etc...
Does anyone know exactly what END ON END is and how it applies in fare calculations? have I understood right?
Yes, that would be "End on End."
Generally, "End on End"
is permitted by the fare rules. Just not allways.
A real example, from the cheapest US SAN-ORD fare:
PERMITTED COMBINATIONS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED DOUBLE OPEN JAWS NOT PERMITTED. ADD-ONS NOT PERMITTED. END-ON-END END-ON-END COMBINATIONS PERMITTED. VALIDATE ALL FARE COMPONENTS. TRAVEL MUST BE VIA THE POINT OF COMBINATION. OPEN JAWS/2-COMPONENT CIRCLE TRIPS/MULTI-COMPONENT CIRCLE TRIPS FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS -TO FORM SINGLE OPEN JAWS. A MAXIMUM OF ONE STOPOVER PERMITTED AT A FARE BREAK POINT. MILEAGE OF THE OPEN SEGMENT MUST BE EQUAL/LESS THAN MILEAGE OF THE SHORTEST FLOWN SEGMENT. -TO FORM 2-COMPONENT CIRCLE TRIPS -TO FORM MULTI-COMPONENT CIRCLE TRIPS A MAXIMUM OF 2 STOPOVERS PERMITTED AT FARE BREAK POINTS. PROVIDED - COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR CARRIER US IN ANY RULE IN ANY TARIFF. NOTE - THE CITY PAIRS BELOW ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME POINT- BUR-LAX BUR-LGB BUR-ONT LGB-LAX LGB-ONT LAX-ONT ORD-MDW FLL-MIA JFK-LGA JFK-NYC JFK-EWR LGA-EWR LGA-NYC EWR-NYC OAK-SFO BWI-DCA BWI-IAD BWI-WAS DCA-IAD DCA-WAS IAD-WAS
What is not permitted at all is buying two tickets to get around minimum stay rules. IE You fly ORD-SAN every week out on MON, back on Thur. You want a "Saturday night stay required" fare so buy ORD-SAN this Mon, back next Thur and a separate ticket SAN-ORD on Thur back on Mon next week. This is not allowed.