Originally Posted by Azmordean

So, just trying to figure out how exactly this is working, so I know when to do multiple one ways. A few scenarios:

1. A regular connecting flight. I search united.com for, say, SJC - IAD round trip and it routes me through DEN. I assume that's just priced as a regular round trip ticket still, since I'm not choosing the connecting city per se, it's just offering me options as there's no non-stop?

2. An open jaw. In May I am flying SFO - IAD, spending several days, then driving down to Roanoke with a friend. After memorial day, I fly ROA - SFO (connecting at IAD). I priced and purchased this as a multi-city itinerary several months ago, before this change. I assume now, to get reasonable prices, I'd have to price this as two one ways -- SFO-IAD and ROA-SFO?

3. A triangle. So SFO-IAD, spend several days, IAD-BOS, spend several days, BOS-SFO. I assume likewise you'd need to do one way tickets for this?

Really is a silly rule. I get that they don't want people "cherry picking" connections or some such to get better pricing... so just put a time limit on it. The real purpose of multi-city itineraries is for stays in multiple cities, right, so just put a fare rule requiring a 24 hour stay for multi-city to price into discount buckets or something. Just silly to penalize people who genuinely are visiting multiple destinations.