. . . never apologize for asking good questions!
You might check out
http://ww w.onetravel.com/advisor/AR_rules_Menu.cfm?DK=3&SessionID=E5340252-8165-11D4-8B6700D0B775D1B0&Lang=English&Modules=Y|Y|Y|Y|Y|Y| Y|Y|Y|Y|Y|Y|Y|Y&Style=COBRAND& for further rules of the air and a detailed description of these "deceptive" practices. Also note on the Delta forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum21/HTML/001280.html that a flyer won a court case against Delta for doing back to back and hidden city!
[This message has been edited by BlondeBomber (edited 09-03-2000).]