Originally Posted by
Calchas
That’s not quite correct. A side trip is a journey which interrupts the travel under a fare component, but is still on the same ticket. The side trip is calculated separately under its own fare(s) as appropriate as you say. But, in every other respect, it’s part of the journey and counts towards the sixteen sector limit.
Thanks for the additional information and clarification. Since the poster here wants to exceed the 16 segment limit, I was assuming the poster wanted to purchase a separate ticket, but with flights in one PNR for connection protection, through-checked baggage, etc. I edited my post to delete the characterization of this as a side ticket.