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Old Sep 12, 2023 | 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by whakojacko
Makes me miss the Good Ole Days ™ when UA was substantially more flexible about routing rules. I remember doing an MSP connection and the FA made a similar comment and I was shocked that there were people besides just me dumb enough to do that.

That was 2009, full route of that trip was PIT-ORD-MSP-DEN-SJC, SBA-DEN-TUL-ORD-PIT. lol
I remember those days fondly too, when extra segments (and the 500-mile minimum) brought benefits. I took a lot of flights like IAD-DTW-ORD, DEN-DSM-ORD, SFO-SBP-LAX (or maybe I am making that last one up as I used to fly from SBP a lot).
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