Originally Posted by Herb687 (Post 33412866)

Thanks for confirming. That's what I thought. I would just add that under my interpretation of the original rules of the Wright Amendment selling a DAL-LAS ticket would be just as prohibited on a connecting itinerary as a direct one. SWA could not sell a DAL-LAS ticket in the Wright days regardless of whether a direct flight stopped in ABQ or two different flight numbers were used to form a connecting itinerary.

As I posited upthread, passengers could certainly take it upon themselves to book two separate tickets DAL-ABQ and ABQ-LAS and create their own connection.

Originally Posted by moondog (Post 33409976)

aa.com displays DFW-ICN and ICN-PVG as separate segments (with the same flight number).

Originally Posted by MileTrek (Post 33416135)

That seems to be the case for my UA flight too for FAI-ANC-ORD (UA2423). They are crediting the extra segment vs treating it as a nonstop. Confusingly, there also happens to be a nonstop FAI-ORD

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 33417295)

Did you actually receive the credit? When I've had a similar situation on other airlines (separate flights, separate boarding passes, but same flight number), I've only gotten credit as if it were a nonstop.

If UA does things differently, that would be interesting to note.

Originally Posted by MileTrek (Post 33418163)

I haven't taken the flight yet so we'll see. I'm sure someone on FT has done it. I'm also seeing some of the confusion in upgrades with flights like these. An agent on the phone had trouble applying upgrade instruments to the ANC-ORD segment, the system was instead upgrading only the FAI-ANC leg

Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA (Post 33417295)

Did you actually receive the credit? When I've had a similar situation on other airlines (separate flights, separate boarding passes, but same flight number), I've only gotten credit as if it were a nonstop.

If UA does things differently, that would be interesting to note.