Originally Posted by
javabytes
No, it's definitely still in effect... but it seems they have expanded the fares that allow end-on-end combinations so that the price difference is not quite as drastic as before. The cheapest fares still do not.
All of the fares I checked were "V" fares, and DID, indeed price as the appropriate "V" fare prices when added together, minus the tax overage due to max taxes on a single PNR. Granted, that I only did a handful of searches.