US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - E-ticket segment maximum

If I buy roundtrip tickets for 5 passengers (one purchase) on an 8 segment round trip, will I get e-tickets, and if so, will I still be able to use e-ticket check-in at LGA?

I ask because I don't want to carry 40 paper flight coupons to the airport, and we're not checking luggage, so I would like to avoid the ticket counter if possible.

Depends......if the purchase is US.com...it won't happen in one purchase since the maximum passenger count is 4. Next, where are you going on an 8 segment roundtrip? We will only book from availability in sabre flights with 2 xfers (6 segments). I am not sure about online. Third, do your flights include flights on one or more airlines? Calling reservations is about the only way I would try to do something this complicated. Res can book up to 9 pax, multiple connections (unless fare permits less), can ETKT up to 16 segments per itinerary and probably assign seating more easily than online.

I would book this on Expedia.com (it has priced it out correctly with 8 segments). No other airlines, just US. The eight segments are between LGA and DFW (via PIT, something, and CLT, both ways).

The fare rules (from Worldspan I think? whatever Expedia.com uses) say three transfers maximum.

If necessary, I can make multiple purchases. I'm only concerned about a segment limit purchased through a travel agency (Expedia.com being an on-line travel agent if that matters).

I would guess ROA or RDU would be the other transfer. Have you tried to get the fare on USAirways, that's the most important thing to know first. To do it you'll want to use a mulitple destination booking method and ask for LGA-ROA (or whatever the non-hub connection you're making is) then ROA-DFW and same on the way back to see if USAirways.com can even give you the same price.

I just wonder, generally speaking , why anyone would want to do this? If the fare with one connection is , say twenty dollars more per person and saves you say 3 hours of travel time , not to mention the risk of lost luggage (if checked) is very high, wouldn't it be worth it? What if you're traveling with small children, why schlep your kids all over to save a few bucks. Then when you call me on the day before your flight to ask if you can just standby from the first connection right to the destination , you curse me when I tell you the fare you purchased is a specific routing that must be followed or you have to pay the difference and change fee to take the one transfer. Another words, if anything goes wrong, you will always blame the airline.

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The usual reason for doing this is for more miles and/or segments towards elite status. It only takes 8 R/T's to get Gold Preferred if each one is eight segments!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BWI2MCO97:
I just wonder, generally speaking , why anyone would want to do this? If the fare with one connection is , say twenty dollars more per person and saves you say 3 hours of travel time , not to mention the risk of lost luggage (if checked) is very high, wouldn't it be worth it? What if you're traveling with small children, why schlep your kids all over to save a few bucks. Then when you call me on the day before your flight to ask if you can just standby from the first connection right to the destination , you curse me when I tell you the fare you purchased is a specific routing that must be followed or you have to pay the difference and change fee to take the one transfer. Another words, if anything goes wrong, you will always blame the airline.

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Miles and segments, my dear friend. Miles and segments.

Amazing how FF programs have got us all whipped. Somebody should do a psychology study on this.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BWI2MCO97:
I just wonder, generally speaking , why anyone would want to do this? If the fare with one connection is , say twenty dollars more per person and saves you say 3 hours of travel time , not to mention the risk of lost luggage (if checked) is very high, wouldn't it be worth it? What if you're traveling with small children, why schlep your kids all over to save a few bucks. Then when you call me on the day before your flight to ask if you can just standby from the first connection right to the destination , you curse me when I tell you the fare you purchased is a specific routing that must be followed or you have to pay the difference and change fee to take the one transfer. Another words, if anything goes wrong, you will always blame the airline.

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Good grief! What happened? All I did was ask a question about e-tickets!

Maybe this is why customers curse you -- you assume they want such-and-such instead of listening to them. Of course they're going to get pissed off! I will "always blame the airline", huh? (your words!) Wow, looks like you need a different job!

For crying out loud, if I wanted to fly non-stop, why would I take US when AA has something like 15 non-stops a day between LGA and DFW, and DL has three.

I'm not an idiot, of course I'm not going to check luggage. I know exactly what I'm doing.

My 2-cents simply put....

Yes, you can have e-tickets but make sure
you have an itinerary card or you will not
get thru security to the gate without
it for your boarding passes.

OR

Yes, you should be able to use the e tkt
kiosk if they are working the day you travel

Hope that answers your question http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BWI2MCO97:
I just wonder, generally speaking , why anyone would want to do this? If the fare with one connection is , say twenty dollars more per person and saves you say 3 hours of travel time , not to mention the risk of lost luggage (if checked) is very high, wouldn't it be worth it? What if you're traveling with small children, why schlep your kids all over to save a few bucks. Then when you call me on the day before your flight to ask if you can just standby from the first connection right to the destination , you curse me when I tell you the fare you purchased is a specific routing that must be followed or you have to pay the difference and change fee to take the one transfer. Another words, if anything goes wrong, you will always blame the airline.

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JS....."generally speaking" as I said above.

I love my job and my company, but I wish the web wouldn't allow this type of booking because it only leads to problems in the long run. I was not trying to offend anyone and especially someone who will choose US over AA or DL. I was just trying to make a point about why res wouldn't offer this.

I just tried pricing this on usairways.com, and it does work. $224 total, same as Expedia.com (itn.net wants $234). LGA-PIT-RDU-CLT-DFW;DFW-CLT-RDU-BWI-LGA (not the best routing, but just fine for pricing example).

BWI2MCO97 ,
Generally speaking if I called reservations and asked to book a 3-4 segment one-way domestic trip, would they do it as long as the fare rules allowed the multipple connections? Indeed people do these routings for the miles and segments, especially with promotional mileage offers or preferred challenges. Does res have any directive or procedure not to book an itin like this, if that is what the pax wants to do? I think this is why people book them online. If I call res, on any airline, it seems often the agent will either have trouble or not want to help me book a one-way with 3-4 segments. Also I too don't check lggage or bring anybody else with me. In addition to getting miles, I like flying, checking out airports, etc.