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Old Aug 24, 2018 | 11:18 am
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benrothke
 
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Why do airlines use the same flight # for multiple segments?
Many airlines use the same flight number for multiple segments. This is done for some flights, but not all.

For example UA 497 is EWR=>SFO and SFO=>SAN.

Why not simply use 2 different flight numbers?
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