Originally Posted by gnaget
It does not have to be purchased thru a TA. US might be clueless since they are new to this. LH won't do it unless you buy the transatl ticket from them. SAS has accomodated me in the past. I try to avoid UA since they have to paper ticket.
You are correct, sir! I just reread the FAQs. In the interim, US called me with the itinerary I booked directly, and the price was correct: 5 segments @ $105 + tax. Also, my first TA called out of the blue (after 4 weeks) to say she had the 4-segment, 1-stopover itinerary priced (incorrectly, though). Which begs the question: if US tickets me on that itinerary, can I get away with it? Could LH refuse to honor the ticketing on the last leg if they discovered I'd had only one stopover?