Originally Posted by
2FlyOrNotToFly
...is this exactly what I should type in the option box directly below the "Departing from" box? :
Originally Posted by
2FlyOrNotToFly
...The search failed with QPX Warning. Bad route specification...
As
ITA Hacker said, if you are typing the whole thing in the FROM box, then you'd type BOS :: / alliance star-alliance .
If you are specifying the alliance in the OPTIONS box just below the FROM box (which is what first post indicated), then
(FROM box) BOS
(OPTIONS box) / alliance star-alliance
Of course, the error message not being too specific, there is always the possibility that something else was wrong with the syntax and we are just looking in the wrong place. Would you mind posting exactly what you typed in which box?
If the problem persists, you should report it in the "official" manner from the search page, so ITA folks can see exactly what happened.