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Old Aug 23, 2022 | 7:28 am
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Originally Posted by ChinaShrek
I know I see multi-city as an option but it doesn't seem to be working anymore for same day travel. Let's say I want to fly PWM to SAN on 12/31. I used to be able to do a multi-city search: PWM-EWR for segment one and then EWR-SAN for segment two. This often saved me $50-$100 on a one-way flight. Is this trick gone or is there a work around?
Yes, it's gone. It was never supposed to be cheaper, and I think that's why they eliminated it.

Two workarounds noted so far -- (a) use Google Flights; (b) put in different dates originally, and then use the 7-Day Fare Calendar that comes back to switch to the date you actually want.
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