So just to confirm the above, if I buy for example an itinerary LAX-OGG-HNL-KOA-LAX, (UA-HA-HA-UA), for each of those 1-stop directions I could SDC to a nonstop LAX-HNL-LAX if it's available? Does the availability needed go according the fare bucket of the original UA leg? (or does the pair of flights in a direction always have the same fare class anyway)?
Yes. Fare class is based on the fare, which would be the booking code used on the UA segment assuming this is fared as LAX-HNL.
Originally Posted by
1KHI
I wouldn’t count on that as officially SDC doesn’t apply when the first segment is operated by a different carrier. You can change without any change fee if on a 016 ticket number but difference in fare applies.
I have never had an issue with SDC
onto an all UA-metal routing with an 016 ticket. You do have to call; the fact that I was always 1K may have helped I don't know. It also might be semantics; barring edge cases with abusing the routing rules and day/time restrictions (and I guess validating other downline inventory), the difference in fare for an eligible SDC is zero anyway.