this is interesting, because you can book flights with 22h cnx on one tix thru ua. is this no longer a cnx but a stopover?
Originally Posted by
jsloan
Actually, they won't -- they sell lots of tickets with longer than 4 hours between flights, but in cases where this isn't the next flight out, it's a stopover. And since very few domestic UA fares allow stopovers, this almost invariably introduces a fare break -- which can then cause problems if you do try to SDC, as you may be forced to transit through the same city as ticketed (since it's a stopover).
this is exactly why the 22hr cnx is a thing: the same fare isn't available on an earlier flight.
i think this thread will just distill into a thread re semantics