What constitutes as a segment?
Mar 16, 2020 | 8:10 am
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Each leg of a trip. XXX-ATL-YYY YYY-ATL-XXX IS 4 segments. Think of it as every time you board an airplane (though there is a rare exception of continuing flights with the same flight number, usually a domestic to international or V/V).
Mar 16, 2020 | 8:12 am
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Thanks. In otherwords, a return flight and not a one way ticket?
Example: if I went from SEA to IAH on a 1 way ticket, is that a segment?
or SEA-IAH-IAH-SEA return ticket, this would be a segment?
Example: if I went from SEA to IAH on a 1 way ticket, is that a segment?
or SEA-IAH-IAH-SEA return ticket, this would be a segment?
Mar 16, 2020 | 8:16 am
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SEA-IAH, IAH-SEA - 2 segments
SEA--DTW-IAH - 2 segmnts
SEA-DTW-IAH, IAH-DTW-SEA - 4 segments
Mar 16, 2020 | 12:18 pm
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The only caveat, and this is an experience on UA, I am not sure if DL numbers its flights like this, is some flights even with a plane change are a single flight number and count as one segment.
in other words XXX-YYY-ZZZ is a single flight number and therefore is a single segment.
UA and I think US both did this. Im new to DL so not certain it numbers flights like that.
mike
in other words XXX-YYY-ZZZ is a single flight number and therefore is a single segment.
UA and I think US both did this. Im new to DL so not certain it numbers flights like that.
mike
Mar 16, 2020 | 12:29 pm
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The only caveat, and this is an experience on UA, I am not sure if DL numbers its flights like this, is some flights even with a plane change are a single flight number and count as one segment.
in other words XXX-YYY-ZZZ is a single flight number and therefore is a single segment.
UA and I think US both did this. Im new to DL so not certain it numbers flights like that.
mike
in other words XXX-YYY-ZZZ is a single flight number and therefore is a single segment.
UA and I think US both did this. Im new to DL so not certain it numbers flights like that.
mike
Mar 16, 2020 | 11:34 pm
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DL had (and may still have) a handful of through flights that operated with the same flight number on both segments; most involve(d) a domestic segment at the beginning or end of an international flight
some where I was on the domestic leg were DL151 IAD-ATL (M88; continued to LIM as a 763/764) and DL159 DTW-BOS (319; came in from ICN as a 744)
I also flew DL939 IAD-SLC-SEA, which was a tail swap of 738s (and despite several rounds of negotiations, did NOT get credit for the two segments on a wholly domestic flight
)
some where I was on the domestic leg were DL151 IAD-ATL (M88; continued to LIM as a 763/764) and DL159 DTW-BOS (319; came in from ICN as a 744)
I also flew DL939 IAD-SLC-SEA, which was a tail swap of 738s (and despite several rounds of negotiations, did NOT get credit for the two segments on a wholly domestic flight
)
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Mar 17, 2020 | 12:48 am
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It's annoying that airlines do this. But whether it is the same plane, different planes, domestic, or international.... you'll never get two segments or actual MQM for a 1-stop direct flight if it is ticketed as such. You'll get 1 segment and MQM as the P2P distance ignoring the connection.
Mar 17, 2020 | 8:56 am
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DL had (and may still have) a handful of through flights that operated with the same flight number on both segments; most involve(d) a domestic segment at the beginning or end of an international flight
some where I was on the domestic leg were DL151 IAD-ATL (M88; continued to LIM as a 763/764) and DL159 DTW-BOS (319; came in from ICN as a 744)
I also flew DL939 IAD-SLC-SEA, which was a tail swap of 738s (and despite several rounds of negotiations, did NOT get credit for the two segments on a wholly domestic flight)
some where I was on the domestic leg were DL151 IAD-ATL (M88; continued to LIM as a 763/764) and DL159 DTW-BOS (319; came in from ICN as a 744)
I also flew DL939 IAD-SLC-SEA, which was a tail swap of 738s (and despite several rounds of negotiations, did NOT get credit for the two segments on a wholly domestic flight
)
Mar 17, 2020 | 9:17 am
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I've gotten proper credit for two segments on the same PNR that have the same flight number HUB-XXX-HUB, but are not continuation flights. I did a couple segment runs back in the day to CHA where I turned right back around to ATL on the same plane and flight number, and was back in NC by 11:30am.
Mar 17, 2020 | 9:44 am
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for the vast majority of travelers -- which I presume includes the OP, since the notional example of SEA-IAH isn't a nonstop DL market -- MR-style turnarounds (HUB-XXX-HUB or YYY-HUB-YYY) with the same flight number are irrelevant
oh, I knew going in that the chance of success was zero, but I felt I needed to make the point about an exceedingly disingenuous practice ... if it's the same jet, I'll *maybe* cut the airline some slack, but when they knowingly plan/operate it like a connection it's just petty
It's annoying that airlines do this. But whether it is the same plane, different planes, domestic, or international.... you'll never get two segments or actual MQM for a 1-stop direct flight if it is ticketed as such. You'll get 1 segment and MQM as the P2P distance ignoring the connection.
Mar 17, 2020 | 9:58 am
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oh, I knew going in that the chance of success was zero, but I felt I needed to make the point about an exceedingly disingenuous practice ... if it's the same jet, I'll *maybe* cut the airline some slack, but when they knowingly plan/operate it like a connection it's just petty
Mar 17, 2020 | 10:03 am
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OP - Rather than worrying about the esoteric exceptions, what is it that you are trying to figure out? Knowing that might yield a definitive answer without exceptions which may be entirely irrelevant to your needs.