Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies - Why does Kayak limit multi-city destination itineraries to 6 travel days?

I'm not even sure I worded my thread title question correctly but that's OT because FT will set me straight with regards to terminology.

Anyhoo, when I go to Kayak to perform a multi-city flight search, it only allows a maximum of six flights. Is there a reason for this? Are there other OTA search engines that allow for more?

Neither Matrix nor certain big OTAs like Orbitz or Expedia permit more than 6 fare components with different dates. Which OTAs permit to book more than 6 fare components?

Interesting. Is there a reason for this limitation or is six just a number that the programmers picked out of the air?

My reason for asking is that I am planning an epic trip for next year and if I can get it one ticket then that would be great.

For more discussion, I'll move this to the Online Booking forum. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

I'm not even sure I worded my thread title question correctly but that's OT because FT will set me straight with regards to terminology.

Anyhoo, when I go to Kayak to perform a multi-city flight search, it only allows a maximum of six flights. Is there a reason for this? Are there other OTA search engines that allow for more?

Sounds like you mean 6 flight segments not 6 travel days but that's OK :)

Many reservation systems won't price more than 8 segments, though as was stated above, some OTA's can't handle more than 6. Just depends on each system.

I suppose that makes sense.

Finding an OTA that can handle eight (and let me search for eight) would be perfect. Anyone know of one?

https://ifly.sabreexplore.com.au/searchAir.do

Prices in AUD and allowed me to add up to 25 flights before I gave up on testing what the limit was. I don't know how well the system works with 25 flight requests though :eek:

It prices using Sabre and I have ticketed a couple of itineraries with them - they are a retail TA based on the Gold Coast in Queensland and they do add a $AU19 ticketing fee. I was able to book a specific itinerary that I couldn't get to price out elsewhere (only 6 segments but mixed class which this OTA also permits)

Wow. That is great. Bookmarked.

Vielen Dank!

Prices look to be significantly more than Kayak but I did notice the "save 30% by getting travel insurance" blurb.