Originally Posted by
halls120
I flew IAD-SFO-SYD-AKL earlier this year. On the existing site, when I tried to book the first leg domestic first, the second leg BF, and the third leg Y, those were the selections I was offered.
Dunno what specific entries you're using for multi-city, but I can make that search show me the cabins you specified without much trouble. I did IAD-SYD on day X and SYD-AKL on X+2. And it was far cheaper than even Y one way, to say nothing of saving thousands on the one way C fare.
I do see the lack of options on the return for AKL-SYD-???-IAD if the first segment is selected as economy.
I also cannot help but wonder if part of this specific case is related to the way AZ markets trans-Tasman flights.