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Dec 3, 2021 | 2:02 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zwiebelbauer

Is UA purposely using married segment logic to make shorter connections book into a higher fare bucket and more expensive?

No, you mistake their intentions.

They are purposely using married segment logic to right-size the through inventory on SFO to YYC to match sales and demand on that citypair.

The only nonstop on that route is currently J2 Y3, and one of the two DEN-YYC flights (11:24a departure) is already sold out. The fact that you can book earlier flights without the married inventory suppression and without a fare break is due to an oversight in your favor in the fare rules, which specify:

Code:

  NO STOPOVERS PERMITTED.
     NO STOPOVER OCCURS IF PASSENGER TAKES NEXT AVAILABLE
      FLIGHT WITHIN 12 HOURS.

Because the earlier flight is sold out (or sold out only in that inventory class?? seems to work), it is permitting the longer connection without a fare break even through the inventory algorithm "forgets" to marry the inventory.

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