Originally Posted by fredpeckville
Thank you both for your input. Oh, well it was worth a shot.
I'd like to make a note that whether it's an error with WN's website it seems the 4 hour rule on layover does not apply in regards to booking this sort of ticket on WN metal.
the 4hr layover rule seems like it is not the 'only' rule... but it's the only portion of the formula that we were disclosed by WN.
I don't know what other conditions dictate whether or not it will allow you to use .5 RR or 1.0 RR when booking. from what little research I did, it seemed that when you pick an itinerary between your origin and final destination that is not sold in any way without booking as a 2-step trip, it generally priced out as 0.5 RR (provided of course layover was <4hrs). However I found many examples of it not working as expected too.
I suspect that during the wright agreement, many flights from dallas, for example, which needed a stopover city and round trip in order to book it somewhere else, were set to use only 0.5 RR.
I missed in your original post that your question was more of "how does this apply now that we can book ATA travel" which I don't really have any clue on, but I think the other poster's answer is correct. I think if WN doesn't sell it as a published 1 way trip, it won't bill out as .5 RR