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Old Aug 25, 2019, 8:13 am
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skywardhunter
 
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Originally Posted by xliioper
I'm not quite clear on what OP booked on Orbitz. Did he get separate tickets or all flights on a single ticket? UA has cheap fares on SEA-ZRH, but these definitely have end-on-end fare combination restrictions which you can find in the fare rules --

"END-ON-END NOT PERMITTED. SIDE TRIPS NOT PERMITTED"

This means these fares cannot be combined with other fares on a single ticket no matter who you book it through. The only way to combine them with fares to other destinations is by booking on separate tickets. In order to get all flights on single ticket, you either have to upfare to fares that allows end-on-end fare combinations, or book all segments on a single through fare.
But if they codeshare on the onward European flight OP could book a single fare to the final destination, rather than needing to combine two fares. Too many variables that we don't know
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