Originally Posted by
JDiver
And it gets confusing because sometimes AA may use the same flight number outbound and return - but these have not had problems posting separately, from reports here.
Originally Posted by
adambrock
I'm flying DBQ-ORD-DCA-ORD-DFW-JAN in a few weeks.
ORD-DCA and DCA-ORD are both flight 1473. We arrive at DCA at 1:20pm and depart at 2:05pm. Should ORD-DCA and DCA-ORD be considered two segments or just one?
Originally Posted by
CPRich
"should be" - a matter of debate/opinion.
But it will be one segment in your AA account.
Sorry
CPRich, but in this case, as the same flight number is on an out-and-back,
adambrock should get credit for two segments. I'm guessing this is because you cannot "fly" ORD-ORD as a single segment in the GDS/AAdvantage systems, unlike again my earlier example BOS-ORD-PVG, as BOS-PVG could be a segment. Also,
adambrock's routing appears to have DBQ-DCA and DCA-JAN as separate underlying fares that simply have been combined into one PNR, "possibly" that makes a difference as well.