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Old Dec 13, 2006, 11:44 am
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bertheike
 
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Originally Posted by ulev
Difficult to understand why you were trying to do this.

Anyway, an open segment always mentions a carrier, but no date or flight number. If the fare allows it you can always switch the carrier later.....
That`s not correct !
you can book and sell

yy F 01JAN BKK SIN
the entry in AMADEUS for this is SOYYF01JANBKKSIN

But the airlines not like to sell this ! Because the system does not count the airport taxes and fuel surcharges on these tickets ! It prices out only with the net fare ! And when checking in the agent has to check if these surcharges are paid ( and if not ) the customer has to pay them at the counter then ! Most airlines donīt have the staff who knows about that , at checkinn counters, and so they would lose these surcharges.
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