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Old Oct 9, 2022 | 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by vhuang
I am taking a series of long flights SFO-BAH. When I book in DTS the itinerary comes out United as SFO-DEN-FRA-RUH-BAH. From the pricing, it looks like two successive city pair tickets, SFO-DEN and DEN-FRA.

The JTR says I can take a rest stop en route since the flight is over 14 hours. I'd like to stop over in Frankfurt to recharge. The fare rules say that I can have a free stopover in each direction.

How do I book this with SATO? Just book the basic trip online and then call to move the FRA-RUH-BAH legs to the right one day?
Most likely you are going to have to click the "request assistance" button in DTS, and note in the comment field what you want. Or, call SATO, but they'll probably just say "enter it in DTS first". Nothing good ever comes from DTS, ever. In a complicated routing like this, is it very possible SATO will find a more direct route, with the stopover, for less than DTS is quoting. THen again, adding a stopover may require point to point ticketing and SATO may be required to book SFO-FRA, FRA-BAH, which will likely be different cost than searching SFO-BAH. Good luck.
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