Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SEA, OGG(I wish)
Programs: was UA 1K now Gold, cuz UA 1.3 MM; HA,DL,AS (no status in these), Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,238
Originally Posted by
findark
This particular one has been around for a while. The UA RT fare is the $7k you see; if you select an Asiana option you may notice it will fare as SEA to SEL, with a stopover in KIX. This fare is much cheaper than SEA to KIX (or SFO to KIX - the fare break is used as it's cheaper on SEA:: UA SFO UA // KIX:: UA SFO UA). Cheapest two-component construction SEA-KIX is actually almost $10k.
The website is struggling with "what does the segment price even mean" when it shows you fares.
Isn't this akin to hidden city? Is it "legally" bookable or would it automatically cxl if one never set foot at SEL per se?
Last edited by BH62; Mar 23, 2016 at 5:27 pm
Reason: ICN/SEL something like the song either/eyether, let's call the whoile thing off?