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Old Jan 5, 2015, 7:07 am
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Ross0
 
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Originally Posted by Happy
Married segment practice - this is to prevent all the awards being snatched up for JFK-HKG travelers leaving nothing for those need to go BEYOND HKG. A very common practice on virtually all airlines. QF for example, could have nothing available for LAX-SYD, but has availability for JFK-LAX-SYD when LAX-SYD is on the same flight.

A little trick people figure out when searching for award seats, also can be a source of frustration from another angle.
If I'm looking for award space SYD-LAX-XXX and it isn't available, but SYD-LAX-JFK is available, can I ticket and then call AA (booked with AA miles, EXP) and chop off the LAX-JFK segment and replace with another or will the QF liaison now allow that?
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