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Old Oct 9, 2013 | 11:46 pm
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Originally Posted by danielonn
A segment is one flight including any stopovers 4 hours or less is a segment. SFO-DFW-CDG is Segment 1
CDG-LAX-SFO is Segment 2
Not for the purpose of elite status, which is the OPs concern. SFO-DFW-CDG would yield two segments toward status on AA, and CDG-LAX-SFO would also earn two (provided one gets segment credit for what must be the Air Tahiti flight).
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