Violation Of Ticketing Rules?
Feb 5, 2017 | 5:26 pm
#16
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I have bought tickets for family.
MCO-EWR RT in coach and then EWR-TLV RT in business. both in UA, of course.
It was so much cheaper than business/first the whole trip that it was worth the hassle.
UA had no problem. checked luggage through and when there was a delay in the MCO-EWR, they protected the passenger on a later flight which left earlier than the original flight without even asking.
One of those days when UA works great.
MCO-EWR RT in coach and then EWR-TLV RT in business. both in UA, of course.
It was so much cheaper than business/first the whole trip that it was worth the hassle.
UA had no problem. checked luggage through and when there was a delay in the MCO-EWR, they protected the passenger on a later flight which left earlier than the original flight without even asking.
One of those days when UA works great.
Feb 5, 2017 | 5:34 pm
#17
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I have bought tickets for family.
MCO-EWR RT in coach and then EWR-TLV RT in business. both in UA, of course.
It was so much cheaper than business/first the whole trip that it was worth the hassle.
UA had no problem. checked luggage through and when there was a delay in the MCO-EWR, they protected the passenger on a later flight which left earlier than the original flight without even asking.
One of those days when UA works great.
MCO-EWR RT in coach and then EWR-TLV RT in business. both in UA, of course.
It was so much cheaper than business/first the whole trip that it was worth the hassle.
UA had no problem. checked luggage through and when there was a delay in the MCO-EWR, they protected the passenger on a later flight which left earlier than the original flight without even asking.
One of those days when UA works great.
a problem. Whenever we route via SFO it's always a nail biter. Glad it worked out for you.
Feb 5, 2017 | 5:44 pm
#18
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If you give yourself 3-4 hours in B stop AND if there are several flights a day from A to B and if there are any later flights from B to C then it is less of an issue.
The fact that the first two legs are in UA makes life much easier.
Feb 5, 2017 | 6:09 pm
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Thanks for the good info. I found a workable solution leaving from a neighboring airport but returning to my home airport. Wasn't as cheap as the OW + J fare solution but it's all on one itinerary with a better beginning flight option.
Feb 5, 2017 | 6:15 pm
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Feb 5, 2017 | 6:38 pm
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The OP wants to buy A-B as well. Seems more likely to me that the issue would be that A-B doesn't allow end-on-end to get the cheaper combined price. But without airport details and prices from the OP we'll never know for sure.
Feb 5, 2017 | 9:14 pm
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Right. But it's a reasonable assumption that the reason TomMM was asking in the first place is that a through-ticket from A=>D prices considerably higher than A + B=>D. I think almost without exception the discount international J fares price as through-fares rather than end-on-end for exactly this reason.
Feb 6, 2017 | 9:54 am
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That's not correct. It would be correct to say that OW no longer requires carriers to check-through to a OW partner on separate tix. Instead, it's now up to the individual carriers whether they will do it. CX - after initially adopting a "no interlining" rule - just switched back and will now interline to OW partners on separate tix.
It seems that this is not relevant to the OP since this is all *A (my misread that OW=OneWorld rather than One Way)