Originally Posted by
iapetus
Since the PQM quoted came from United's own tool:
I presume that this has been factored in.
Except that the online calculator isn't totally reliable. You can choose to run with it but a better practice is to do some verification.
The OP needs to understand the city pair distance on the LH segment, what type of fare they are on, what their upfare options might be, and calculate it by hand. I have seen no effort stated here that the OP understands any of that or has manually verified their no kidding numbers.