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Dec 30, 2009 | 8:29 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keter

And in case of a fare with a routing attached this section of rules is completely irrelevant, at least this is how this seems to work. Am I correct?

Unfortunately not the case. Take this example that I ran into last year:

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 1 DL 657Y 01MAY J BDAATL SS1   400P  617P /DCDL /E             
 2 DL 393Y 03MAY M ATLPTY SS1   530P  836P /DCDL /E             
WP«                                                             
01MAY DEPARTURE DATE-----LAST DAY TO PURCHASE 24APR/2359        
       BASE FARE                     TAXES             TOTAL    
 1-    USD899.00                     94.50XT       USD993.50ADT 
    XT     32.20US       7.00XY       5.00XA       2.50AY       
           35.00BM       4.30BL       4.00EN       4.50XF       
          899.00                     94.50            993.50TTL 
ADT-01  Y                                                       
 BDA DL ATL Q120.00DL PTY BDAATL779.00Y NUC899.00END ROE1.00 XF 
 ATL4.5                                                         
VALIDATING CARRIER - DL                                         
WPRD*C17«                                                       
    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG 
  1   Y              Y‡X   295.00     ----      -/‡  -/  - WH01 
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES               
FROM-BDA TO-PTY    CXR-DL    TVL-01MAY10  RULE-7010 IPRWI/303   
FARE BASIS-Y                 NORMAL FARE  DIS-N   VENDOR-ATP    
FARE TYPE-EU      OW-ECONOMY UNRESTRICTED                       
USD   295.00  0110  E24OCT08 D-INFINITY   FC-Y  FN-             
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 23OCT08/1938  EXPIRES INFINITY           
                                                                
17.HIP/MILEAGE EXCEPTIONS                                       
   NO HIP OR MILEAGE EXCEPTIONS APPLY.                          
WPRD*RTG«                                                       
    V FARE BASIS     BK    FARE   TRAVEL-TICKET AP  MINMAX  RTG 
  1   Y              Y‡X   295.00     ----      -/‡  -/  - WH01 
PASSENGER TYPE-ADT                 AUTO PRICE-YES               
FROM-BDA TO-PTY    CXR-DL    TVL-01MAY10  RULE-7010 IPRWI/303   
FARE BASIS-Y                 NORMAL FARE  DIS-N   VENDOR-ATP    
FARE TYPE-EU      OW-ECONOMY UNRESTRICTED                       
USD   295.00  0110  E24OCT08 D-INFINITY   FC-Y  FN-             
SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 23OCT08/1938  EXPIRES INFINITY           
                                                                
PUBLISHED RTG BDA-PTY/DL110 /TAR-WDRG    EF-24OCT08 DIS-INDEF   
                                                                
/WITHIN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE/                                 
DOM ROUTE VALIDATION APPLIES WITHIN ORIG/DEST COUNTRIES         
 1. BDA-ATL-PTY

A bit of food for thought: DL flies BDA-ATL and ATL-PTY each once daily. There was a point last year where, upon arriving at ATL, the next flight out (with a legal connection time) was 24 hours and 3 minutes--resulting in a stopover instead of a connection. Sabre still priced in the HIP, even though it was impossible to have an itinerary involving a (legal) connection. Would DL's rate desk have removed the HIP if you asked really nicely? Maybe.

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