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Old Aug 20, 2022, 7:13 am
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Same day departures on multi-city itineraries - cannot book

Flying TLV SFO AKL and back later. Well on the old advanced search screen I could define depart AKl on a particular day and then depart SFO on the same day. Unfortunately, the new multi-city screen throws an error.
  • Double-check your dates. One or more of the flights on your trip is earlier than the flight before it. Check the dates for each leg of your trip

How do I get to the old search screen where it was possible, or is there a work around??

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Old Aug 20, 2022, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by rawilliam
Flying TLV SFO AKL and back later. Well on the old advanced search screen I could define depart AKl on a particular day and then depart SFO on the same day. Unfortunately, the new multi-city screen throws an error.
  • Double-check your dates. One or more of the flights on your trip is earlier than the flight before it. Check the dates for each leg of your trip

How do I get to the old search screen where it was possible, or is there a work around??
I ran into the same issue. I suspect it's UA's clunky workaround for their inability to handle married segment logic the way that they want. (Booking multi-city isn't supposed to make the price drop, bu tit sometimes does.

The workaround is to move the dates so they don't overlap, and then, when you get to that leg, view the fare calendar to switch to the date you actually want.
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Old Aug 20, 2022, 11:15 am
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Another workaround is use google flights multi-city:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...eD7otTahNRUSw6
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...hNSwJTkWbgMDW7
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