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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 7:34 am
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Originally Posted by VPescado
Double Open Jaw - Fly A-B, C-D, E-A
Really? I thought it was just A-B, C-D, like SFO-JFK; BOS-LAX.

Originally Posted by VPescado
Half round trip basis: The cost of an A-B-C-A circle trip is one half the price of the sum of the following round trip fares: A-B-A, B-C-B, C-A-B.
That last one should be C-A-C.

Here are some examples:

Open Jaw - SFO-JFK; BOS-SFO. The open jaw (in this case, JFK-BOS) must be the shortest leg.

End on End - SFO-ORD-SFO + ORD-DTW-ORD. Note that SFO-ORD-SFO + ORD-SFO-ORD is typically not allowed, as this is considered back-to-back.

Circle trip - SFO-ORD-(stop)-BOS-(stop)-SFO. The stopover is what makes this a circle trip - if ORD is just a connection, it's a simple round-trip.
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