Originally Posted by
Geordie405
Is there availability for the SCL - MAD - OPO if you look at this as a single itinerary? I appreciate you already have a SCL - MAD booking and, independently, there's availability for MAD - OPO as a separate itinerary, but you may be running into married segment shenanigans. If there's no availability for the complete SCL - MAD - OPO journey then you probably won't be able to add it. You could make a separate booking of course but you then run the risk of what happens if you misconnect in MAD.
To give an example, I have DFW - MAD - BER booked with IB with the long-haul being in Business and the shorter leg in Economy. There were business seats available using Avios on the MAD - BER sector but because of married segment conditions / availability I couldn't book DFW - MAD - BER with both flights in business.
Does that help?
Thanks! This is what I suggested to the (now 3) agents. They say, however,, I only need availability for MAD-OPO and they have no availability in either J or Y for that segment and if I try to book online it will likely error out — which I doubt. So I'll have to book the separate (later in the day) ticket as it indeed appears to be married-segment-related issues. Appreciate your help though!
PS. A shame IB stopped accepting check-through of bags even on IB metal separate bookings. I'd be more than happy to pay for a revenue ticket.