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Old Oct 19, 2012 | 12:45 pm
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hillrider
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Originally Posted by ernestnywang
The "*" means that it is considered a "married segment" (which is for transits only) and the fare calculation also shows HKG as "X" (transit).
Married connections are airline-specific and have nothing to do with IATA fare construction rules. You should never imply anything from a married segment indicator other than a cancellation that does not involve the full O&D is subject to there being O&D availability on the remaining segments.

The /X in the fare construction instead does positively indicate that this was a transit for fare construction purposes.
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