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Old Feb 8, 2015 | 1:43 pm
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Originally Posted by captiveguru
Interesting. Although it was not my intention on this trip... I must wonder if a legitimate strategy is not this;

1. Find a routing where RUC inventory is available.
2. Book that ticket.
3. SDC to one's preferred routing.
Yes, that's legal. Just like in the old days, buy the cheapest routing, SDC to the preferred routing was legal.

In both cases, the risk is that the preferred routing isn't available.
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