Yes the LAS-LAS-SFO is on one ticket so no chance of hiding that. Why did I book this way ? Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. I had some VX credit to use and wanted to check out the Virgin lounge in SFO. Also will get a few more miles for the UA portion (will be on quadruple miles). The flights are in August so weather should not be a problem. There is plenty of padding in the schedule but if it seems like a problem on the day I would simply not do the LAX-SFO-LAX flights

I guess I will simply have to be prepared to check through for my whole trip (unless of course UA does not interline with VX which I guess is possible)

Jeff