Originally Posted by
Olas86
What is a married segment rule?
The availability on one particular flight can be affected by other flights to which it is connected.
For instance, consider going from DXB to SYD to WLG.
Looking at this as a through journey, the availability on a random date is as follows:
Code:
QF 2 DXBSYD 01SEP 0915 0510+1 F1 A0 J0 C0 D0 I0 W2 R0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M6 L0
QF 161 SYDWLG 02SEP 0935 1445 J0 C0 D0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M6 L0
But if we look at those as two separate flights, not connected together, the availability of each flight is different. That's because in the above search, the sectors QF2 and QF161 are
married segments.
Searching for QF 2 on DXB-SYD (on its own) gives
Code:
QF 2 DXBSYD 01SEP 0915 0510+1 F6 A0 J9 C9 D3 I0 W5 R0 T0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9
and similarly for QF 161,
Code:
QF 161 SYDWLG 02SEP 0935 1445 J1 C0 D0 I0 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M0 L0
Therefore it is not always useful to search for segments individually. ExpertFlyer can search for connected segments.
Obviously this only applies if the flights are connected, that is, within 24 hours of each other.