Originally Posted by iapetus
But, wait, wait! I thought I read something somewhere about an FT trick allowing one to get credit for each leg of the journey, even if the flight number remains the same across two legs. Somewhere I got the impression that by building this itinerary leg by leg you could "trick" the system into giving you one EQS per leg (e.g. two for UA flight 483 and one for UA flight 305, in this case). Is that not the case? Would this likely result in a higher fare?
Not exactly. That trip trick is used by people for upgrades primarily (splitting domestic and international portions of an itinerary). It may or may not work for mileage earning, but I believe (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), that it has been reported NOT to work.