Do you earn 1 or 2 qualifying flights if there is a stop without change of aircraft?
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Do you earn 1 or 2 qualifying flights if there is a stop without change of aircraft?
On a normal connection, e.g. CPH-ARN-ORD, you would be credited for 2 one-way flights for qualifying purposes. But what about flights with stops that have the same plane and same flight number on each leg, e.g. SK4576 TRD-BOO-TOS?
Moreover, assuming that flying both legs of such a flight would only earn 1 one-way flight credit, what if you bought two separate tickets for each of the legs separately? Would this allow you to earn 2 flights? Certainly you would have to deplane and reboard again, which I assume would not be a problem.
Moreover, assuming that flying both legs of such a flight would only earn 1 one-way flight credit, what if you bought two separate tickets for each of the legs separately? Would this allow you to earn 2 flights? Certainly you would have to deplane and reboard again, which I assume would not be a problem.
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Moreover, assuming that flying both legs of such a flight would only earn 1 one-way flight credit, what if you bought two separate tickets for each of the legs separately? Would this allow you to earn 2 flights? Certainly you would have to deplane and reboard again, which I assume would not be a problem.
AES (for TRD-AES-BGO) might be difficult, as well as MOL/KSU (for WF flights BGO-MOL-KSU-BGO or TRD-AES-KSU-TRD), as you usually will have to reclear security - not set up for connecting passengers. A request to the ground staff explaining the situation, will usually allow being taken directly to departures.
But as I stated: an expensive way to get extra legs!
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In most FF programs, what matters is whether there's a change of flight number or not, assuming that everything is on the same ticket/PNR. It doesn't matter whether or not you change planes, have one boarding pass, etc. The term is direct flight.
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This was a SAS question. AFAIK SAS does not have direct flights where there is a change of gauge, i.e. keeping the same flight number but change the physical plane at an intermediate stop.