Originally Posted by
flyingnosh
UA is running low on flight numbers, so they're using them to build rather unusual direct flights. Overheard at Fort Lauderdale: "Welcome to flight 1241 with service to Newark and ongoing service to Tampa." Perhaps this could have been an opportunity for a mini MR...
Originally Posted by
kenn0223
IIRC With direct flights you get the same mileage credit as the non-stop not the sum of the two segments. So in your example even if someone took 1241 from FLL to EWR and on to TPA they would only get the FLL-TPA credit.
I've posted about this opportunity, but no one seems to be as much of a fare nerd as I am. There was one earlier this year that went JFK-LAX-EWR or something like that. If it's possible to SDC at the intermediate point, and if the SDC accomplishes the goal of obtaining full mileage, then they're great MR opportunities.