<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Fly2Kayak:
So let me get this straight - they publish a fare for SFO-MAN, but don't allow it through MPM??? The only way to fly LH on that route would be SFO-FRA-MAN (6217 mi) without doing some sort of UA codeshare.
I can understand if the dates show that the fare is sold out, but it would suck if they published a fare that you can't buy - isn't that illegal???
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LH doesn't set the MPM for a route, the city pair MPM is pretty much industry standard with a few variations depending on the travel direction, or if some carriers refuse to update MPM changes. Its not up to them as far as I know. Now it IS their fault for not specifying a direct routing which would price.
If publishing fares that won't price (which is usually unintentional) was illegal every airline out there would be guilty. But they don't do it intentionally AFAIK.
[This message has been edited by whlinder (edited 11-06-2003).]