Originally Posted by
hobo13
They will hang their hat on the auto-pricing computer. No other reason will be given. (My prediction.)
It really doesn't take that long.... you probably could have made 3 calls in the time we've been debating this!
The rate desk doesn't just use the auto-pricing computer -- they seem to actually work things out manually.
I'm working on putting together an itinerary to try this with right now
The thing that I find so weird about this issue, which is really true of a lot of things on this forum (see, for example, the split PNR thread!) is that some people will swear up and down that one thing is true (e.g., that a domestic layover is only legal under 4 hours), and others will swear just as vigorously that the next-flight rule applies.