I'm not really sure that I understand your question...or that the format is really what your getting at, so just let me ramble for a bit.

Under the scenario that you have presented, you are not really purchasing point-to-point tickets, rather you are buying 2 separate round trip tickets. Point-to-point tkts involve the purchase of a one way fare for each individual segment.

To qualify as point-to-point, you would have had to purchase a OW tkt from EWR to LAS, then another OW tkt on to SFO, and then two more back to EWR (you would have a total of four OW tkts).

As you know, OW tkts are generally more expensive than RT tkts. And the cheapest RT tkts in the US today, generally requires outbound and inbound travel on the same carrier.

Our original amigo, Mr. Gomez, was able to find a 'super saver" fare which did allow outbound travel on AA and inbound travel on UA. This would be very unusual today. However, even if he had purchased the highest fare available (Y)...this would not have determined the TYPE OF TRIP he took. ONLY the itinerary determines the type of trip (OW,RT,CT,or OJ).

If your asking me if it is possible to string together a bunch of point-to-point OW
fares on different airlines to create a round trip or circle trip, etc., sure, why not? But if your asking if you can travel on a RT ticket using two different carriers (one on the outbound and another on the return), probably not today (but that would depend on the rules of the fare).

If your asking if you can mix and match airlines on your trip using OW point-to-point
fares ie, Delta to LAS, UA to SFO, HP back to
LAS, and then CO back to EWR, sure it could be done, but this would be more expensive, than the itinerary you have outlined.

I know that you probably travel on biz, so you're probably in a rush to get to where your going. So my final question to you is, RU harvesting the maximim number of segments
allowable on your EWR-LAS-SFO trips?

Since I don't what type of fare you travel on, I won't be able to quote EXACT perrmissible routings, but here R some which
would probable work (just guessing now):

Novice flies: EWR-SFO
Novice elite flies: EWR-LAS-SFO
Novice silver flies: EWR-IAH-LAS-SFO
Gold flies (no longer novice): EWR-IAH-LAS-PHX-SFO

Tvl4free flies: EWR-DTW-CLE-DFW-IAH-LAS-PHX-LAX-ONT-SFO!


Hope this helps!

See ya in the sky, if you're up front, of course!



[This message has been edited by tvl4free (edited 01-11-2001).]