Married Segment Availability and Stopovers
Feb 28, 2013 | 4:17 pm
#16
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OP, part of your problem may be the regional jet segment. Since there's less capacity on a ERJ, the lower bucket fares sell out faster. Then, UA.com prices out the itinerary according to the lowest fare bucket available in all segments.
Feb 28, 2013 | 4:23 pm
#17
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My title may be misleading, sorry about that, I should have said "vs. multiple destination" and not "vs. segment by segment" as I am not trying to book it on different tickets, but one ticket using multiple destination search vs. regular round trip or open-jaw search.
Feb 28, 2013 | 5:13 pm
#18
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Feb 28, 2013 | 5:50 pm
#19
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Feb 28, 2013 | 6:19 pm
#21
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In every situation I've seen, the multiple-destinations fare is the "correct" fare, complying with all the fare rules and consistent with availability, so it will ticket correctly and be honored.