Originally Posted by
ihdihd
For example, your iten from NYC-HNL via DFW may cost you around $600 in V, but not show much availability, while the NYC-DFW segments will show lots of V availability. If you were to price that V ticket NYC-DFW (to trick the system into multiple R/Ts), you'll find that the price of NYC-DFW alone in V is over $1000 (all hypotheticals, but not far from the truth).
I understand that when I search for a fare on EF or via the KVS tool, I have to conform to the given routing/MPM rules when constructing my itenerary. The JFK-SYD V fare is an MPM fare, and flying via DFW and HNL stays within the MPM.
I did know that pricing multiple R/Ts is likely to give me a much higher fare. What is a good way to tell if segments are married if you can't get EF or KVS to give you your desired routing? I.e., it seems likely that the LGA-DFW-HNL itenerary consists of married segments, but I can't get EF to give me the routing I want: LGA-DFW-HNL-SYD, with an overnight connection (not a stopover) in HNL.
Is there a quick way to check if segments are married?
I did a search for marriage logic and found the info courtesy Amadeus/Sabre/Galileo in the KVS Tool FAQ; I found it informative but not all that helpful.
Note that this is one hypothetical itenerary; I am not trying to get specific help on this booking (which I understand isn't always looked highly upon on FT), just trying to use this as an example through which to better understand the system. At present, its unlikely that I'll route through HNL, but I want to figure out if I could if I wanted to
