Originally Posted by
mjack99
I am pretty sure I did it one sector at a time. But the agent who now fixed the problem told me that if the connection time is less than 4 hours it will be automatically married. I will make sure that there are no sectors with less than 4 hours connection time in the future to keep things flexible and not have this issue again.
Just be aware 4 horus is unique to AA, and I thought was only applied to domestic flights. Most airlines are 24 hours to avoid a "connection" which typically means married segments. I quite
purposefully build in 24+ hour 'connections' if I need to avoid married segments. Because for international itineraries that becomes a stopover rather than a connection, hence breaking the 'married' segment.
Married segments are quite problematic on a lot of RTW itineraries, especially doing close in changes or near holiday periods. They are
purposefully blocked from the lower priced RTW starting points, so no D fares or below will show up, you're forced to break them with a 24+ hour stopover quite often.
Having said that, breaking a married segment doesn't always work to your advantage as you are experiencing. Sometimes there is D availability on the married segment, but not the point to point segments. I've seen that a lot on AA / QF itineraries.