I tried looking up this subject in archives, but it is kind of difficult to pin down.

Suppose an airline has a promotion, and only part of your itinerary fulfills the promotion terms -- can you get credit for it?

As an example only:
UA's "Fly 3, fly free" promo. According to the terms:

Roundtrip travel is defined as two one-way trips that depart from and return to the same co-terminal booked in a single reservation under one qualifying ticket number.

Suppose I buy a ticket that has me flying
DCA - ORD on UA
ORD - Podunk on Commuter carrier A
Podunk - ORD on Commuter carier A
ORD - DCA on UA

If it was booked as one ticket, would I get credit for the ORD-DCA portion on UA, even though it was not the whole itinerary?

Mehopes yes, methinks no.
Thanks in advance
DaDOK

[This message has been edited by DaDOKin DC (edited Feb 24, 2004).]