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Old Apr 16, 2012, 2:38 pm
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TrayflowInUK
 
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Not sure if this helps much, but here are some excerps from the fare rules for a transatlantic saver award in business, boldface is mine.
Originally Posted by CSM
COMBINABILITY
FARE BY RULE TEXT
CIRCLE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED.
END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS PERMITTED WITH NO
RESTRICTIONS.
ADD-ON CONSTRUCTION IS ADDRESSED IN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISI
CATEGORY 23.
OPEN JAWS/ROUND TRIPS
FARES MAY BE COMBINED ON A HALF ROUND TRIP BASIS
-TO FORM SINGLE OR DOUBLE OPEN JAWS.
A MAXIMUM OF 2 FARE COMPONENTS PERMITTED.
-TO FORM ROUND TRIPS
PROVIDED -
COMBINATIONS ARE WITH ANY FARE FOR ANY CARRIER IN RULE
3020 IN TARIFF

FBRA1P - WITHIN AREA 1 EXCEPT US/CA
FBRA12P - BETWEEN AREA 1 AND AREA 2 EXCEPT US/CA
FBRA13P - BETWEEN AREA 1 AND AREA 3 EXCEPT US/CA
FBRA2P - WITHIN AREA 2
FBRA3P - WITHIN AREA 3
FBRINPV - BETWEEN USA/CA-AREA 1/2/3
FBRNAPV - WITHIN NORTH AMERICA EXCEPT MEXICO.
NOTE - THE CITY PAIRS BELOW ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME POINT-
BWI-WAS
FLL-MIA LAX-ONT LAX-SNA LAX-LGB LAX-BUR
ONT-SNA ONT-LGB ONT-BUR SNA-LGB SNA-BUR LGB-BUR
EWR-NYC SFO-SJC SFO-OAK SFO-SMF SJC-OAK SJC-SMF
OAK-SMF HRL-MFE EWR-ISP NYC-ISP HDN-SBS HRL-BRO
MFE-BRO HOU-IAH HOU-EFD IAH-EFD EWR-JFK JFK-ISP
JFK-NYC
WAS = DCA and IAD

It seems quite clear to me that UA did the OP no favours on the routing, his originally requested routing was well within requirements. However, the rules on the website state the $25 booking fee will be assessed regardless of whether the itinerary COULD have been booked on united.com in the first place.
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