Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Why wouldn't it apply ?
Looking on Expert Flyer for 6 July, searching for CHQ-VNO on AY shows X0 for AA1856 and AY1105 - for the evening departure, there is plenty of award availability on both segments
Checking AA1856 CHQ-HEL on its own and checking AY1105 on its own, there is economy award availability
As such it is correct that AA is booking it as 2 separate awards and charging 25,000 miles
I mean it's not because of the fare rule or route construction; it's because of opaque married segment logic
CHQ-HEL is X3/X9 for all flights that day
HEL-VNO is X9/X6/X6
and yes, as you point out, CHQ-HEL-VNO shows X0 for AY1856/1105 (the morning flight) while X9 for the evening flight
I guess some magical amadeus logic is deciding X3 also means don't sell a connection or something.