Originally Posted by awd
The bolded extract that I quoted wasn't intended to contradict what you and others had said but just to point out the inconsistency in the definitions for different purposes.
I realize that the quote was from a section about fees and taxes not qualification for status.
Reason for asking this is that it will probably affect my status.
Understood.
Yeah, this is a mistake that most people make w.r.t. a status segment. Many think it's truly one takeoff and landing but it's simply a flight number. Common examples are with competition with NW... for example, UA frequently sets one flight number from a city to NW's MSP hub, but most often than not, there is "one stopover" at ORD. People think they're buying a direct flight from DTW to MSP and don't realize there's actually a stopover at ORD even though it's one flight number. YYZ MSP via ORD is a common UA one flight number as well. I can list a million other examples, but I think many here get the point.