Originally Posted by
gooselee
You'll get the segments on a cheap fare, and also minimize any possible IRROPS during your actual planned trips.
I considered the MQSs strategy for mileage runs and ended up doing away with MQSs as the objective function for my optimization routine because of this very reason. I remember a very nice multi-stop trip I took one time, and then along came WX and suddenly my well crafted itinerary became direct flights.