How to force connection or force airline?
Jun 28, 2012 | 1:37 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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How to force connection or force airline?
Hello all,
I am very new here and I have been scouring the net and this forum for a tool that will let me do the following.
I want to book a flight from my small municipal airport, connect through a large airport, and pick up the airline of my choice.
For instance, I want to fly from TLH (my home airport) to say LAS. And I want to do maximize points on Virgin or JetBlue. I am a 1hr hop from ATL or MIA. But I cannot seem to find ANY software that lets me force routing through a particular airport or that will let me FORCE a ride on a specific airline.
Is there a way to do this? Or am I going to be stuck doing a bunch of one-way legs?
Thanks for your time.
I am very new here and I have been scouring the net and this forum for a tool that will let me do the following.
I want to book a flight from my small municipal airport, connect through a large airport, and pick up the airline of my choice.
For instance, I want to fly from TLH (my home airport) to say LAS. And I want to do maximize points on Virgin or JetBlue. I am a 1hr hop from ATL or MIA. But I cannot seem to find ANY software that lets me force routing through a particular airport or that will let me FORCE a ride on a specific airline.
Is there a way to do this? Or am I going to be stuck doing a bunch of one-way legs?
Thanks for your time.
Jun 28, 2012 | 10:12 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YVR
Programs: Aeroplan, AAdvantage
Posts: 2,107
ITA does this and so much more but you can't reserve through that.
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
Try this routing code: VX,B6 ATL,MIA VX,B6 No flights found for TLH-LAS. I think only American and Delta flies TLH and you can't make a booking across AA / DL and VX or B6. So two bookings.
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
Try this routing code: VX,B6 ATL,MIA VX,B6 No flights found for TLH-LAS. I think only American and Delta flies TLH and you can't make a booking across AA / DL and VX or B6. So two bookings.
Last edited by chx1975; Jun 28, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Jun 29, 2012 | 11:55 am
#5
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,928
Hello all,
I am very new here and I have been scouring the net and this forum for a tool that will let me do the following.
I want to book a flight from my small municipal airport, connect through a large airport, and pick up the airline of my choice.
For instance, I want to fly from TLH (my home airport) to say LAS. And I want to do maximize points on Virgin or JetBlue. I am a 1hr hop from ATL or MIA. But I cannot seem to find ANY software that lets me force routing through a particular airport or that will let me FORCE a ride on a specific airline.
Is there a way to do this? Or am I going to be stuck doing a bunch of one-way legs?
Thanks for your time.
I am very new here and I have been scouring the net and this forum for a tool that will let me do the following.
I want to book a flight from my small municipal airport, connect through a large airport, and pick up the airline of my choice.
For instance, I want to fly from TLH (my home airport) to say LAS. And I want to do maximize points on Virgin or JetBlue. I am a 1hr hop from ATL or MIA. But I cannot seem to find ANY software that lets me force routing through a particular airport or that will let me FORCE a ride on a specific airline.
Is there a way to do this? Or am I going to be stuck doing a bunch of one-way legs?
Thanks for your time.
You can learn more, and sign up for our 5-day free trial, here: http://www.expertflyer.com/frequent-flyer-programs
Jun 29, 2012 | 12:48 pm
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: TLH
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Hi PerroneFord, this is what ExpertFlyer was built for. Not only can you force 1 or 2 connection options with our Flight Availability search, but you can specify 1 or 2 connecting cities as well to get the flight options you want.
You can learn more, and sign up for our 5-day free trial, here: http://www.expertflyer.com/frequent-flyer-programs
You can learn more, and sign up for our 5-day free trial, here: http://www.expertflyer.com/frequent-flyer-programs
Jun 29, 2012 | 12:58 pm
#7
Company Representative - ExpertFlyer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,928
No, the Free service is Seat Alerts only. Flight Availability is part of our Basic service, which is only $4.99 a month, which most find a small price to pay for the ability to easily do specific searches of that nature.
Jun 29, 2012 | 1:36 pm
#8
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
If you want to force it during booking then just use the multi-city option of any of the online booking engines.
Be aware that your desire to maximize time on Virgin America or JetBlue is going to work against you as those carriers do not interline well with other airlines (B6/AA can but that's basically it for domestic flights). This means you cannot buy a single ticket with TLH-ATL-JFK on DL and then JFK-LAS on B6.
Be aware that your desire to maximize time on Virgin America or JetBlue is going to work against you as those carriers do not interline well with other airlines (B6/AA can but that's basically it for domestic flights). This means you cannot buy a single ticket with TLH-ATL-JFK on DL and then JFK-LAS on B6.