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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by SamOF
Clearly the OP knows this, as he booked the flight as two segments for the upgrade.

And I'm pretty sure they don't do it due to lack of flight numbers. It's a marketing trick, and arguably a deceptive one.
I suspect it's done to minimize the SP and MQMs they give out.
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