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Oct 14, 2010 | 8:57 am

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Originally Posted by sbm12

Didn't UA switch to crediting all direct (i.e. same flight number, multiple stops) flights on a per-segment basis rather than by O/D pair?

Yes, but this is a little different. You're talking about a direct flight such as UA 935 LHR-LAX-HNL. The OP is talking about a round trip in which the flight number for both segments is the same, such as IAD-BUF-IAD.