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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Flaflyer
I feel this would only apply to short hops where the 500 mile min per segment is more than the actual miles.
That can be quite a bit. BWI-PHL-IAH (I've done this a few times) is 93-> 500 + 1325 = 1825 miles. This is a lot more than 1235 miles if it were a "direct" flight.

If both segments are less than 500 miles, the direct flight costs you 50% of your miles (500 vs. 1000).
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