Originally Posted by
DryMotorBoatin
I wasn't around long enough before the furlough to get everything really figured out so sorry if this sounds like a stupid question. Does every airfare involve at least one segment on the mainline? For instance, if I am going from A to B to C, am I guarenteed at least one mainline leg? Would it be possible to buy a ticket on AA, CAL, DAL, or UAL and fly A to B to C on nothing but regionals?
Yes, it can happen. To get it to do it, you need to have very specific travel dates and times, so that the WOPPER has no choice but to put you on Regional-Regional. If you give it enough freedom, it will find something to flow you from/to a mainline flight.