Originally Posted by wldtrvlr
That would be a nested ticket and as long as it was not booked to violate a fare rule on A-C than there is nothing wrong with it. As long as you actually have a stopover in city B not much can be said. However, if your stop is less than 4 hours and the airline views it as a connecting flight than it could cause problems if A-C cost more than A-B & B-C.
does this equally apply when A-B is on Airline X and B-C is on Airline Y but I am crediting miles from both flights to Airline Y's FF program?