Originally Posted by
needavaykay
I have a question I hope someone can help me with. If i book a one way flight from ELM to PBG and it has 2 stops...one in PHL and one in BOS...does that count as my new route or does it have to be booked as BOS to PBG only, with the stops not counting?
As long as you fly BOS-PBG or PBG-BOS you'll get the point for the new route. Segments before or after won't matter (though they could gain you other points like East or West Hops, a Shuttle Skip, etc.
In your example EML-PHL-BOS-PBG could net up to 2 points (east hop, new route jump). If you can swap PHL for DCA or LGA you could potentially get 3 points...
i.e. ELM-LGA-BOS-PBG or ELM-DCA-BOS-PBG since you'd be adding in a shuttle flight for the skip point.