Does SOAP service OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ support DirectFlightsOnly="true" flag? - sabre

Question

Calling SOAP service OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ works Ok but it seems that ignores the DirectFlightsOnly flag (DirectFlightsOnly="true").
Sabre service answer flights with more than one flight segment.
Here is the request:
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:eb="http://www.ebxml.org/namespaces/messageHeader" xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">
<SOAP-ENV:Header>
<eb:MessageHeader SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="1" eb:version="1.0">
<eb:From>
<eb:PartyId>Client</eb:PartyId>
</eb:From>
<eb:To>
<eb:PartyId>SWS</eb:PartyId>
</eb:To>
<eb:CPAId>IPCC</eb:CPAId>
<eb:ConversationId>8989</eb:ConversationId>
<eb:Service>Session</eb:Service>
<eb:Action>BargainFinderMaxRQ</eb:Action>
<eb:MessageData>
<eb:MessageId>1</eb:MessageId>
<eb:Timestamp>2017-07-06T13:35:44-05:00</eb:Timestamp>
</eb:MessageData>
</eb:MessageHeader>
<wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2002/12/secext" xmlns:wsu="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2002/12/utility">
<wsse:BinarySecurityToken>My Session Id</wsse:BinarySecurityToken>
</wsse:Security>
</SOAP-ENV:Header>
<SOAP-ENV:Body>
<OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ xmlns="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DirectFlightsOnly="true" ResponseType="OTA" ResponseVersion="3.0.0" Target="Test" Version="3.0.0">
<POS>
<Source PseudoCityCode="PCC">
<RequestorID ID="1" Type="1">
<CompanyName Code="TN"/>
</RequestorID>
</Source>
</POS>
<OriginDestinationInformation RPH="1">
<DepartureDateTime>2017-09-09T11:00:00</DepartureDateTime>
<OriginLocation LocationCode="MVD"/>
<DestinationLocation LocationCode="EZE"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<SegmentType Code="O"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</OriginDestinationInformation>
<TravelPreferences ValidInterlineTicket="true">
<CabinPref Cabin="Y" PreferLevel="Preferred"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<TripType Value="Return"/>
<LongConnectTime Enable="true" Max="1200" Min="780"/>
<ExcludeCallDirectCarriers Enabled="true"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</TravelPreferences>
<TravelerInfoSummary>
<SeatsRequested>1</SeatsRequested>
<AirTravelerAvail>
<PassengerTypeQuantity Code="ADT" Quantity="1"/>
</AirTravelerAvail>
</TravelerInfoSummary>
<TPA_Extensions>
<IntelliSellTransaction>
<RequestType Name="50ITINS"/>
</IntelliSellTransaction>
</TPA_Extensions>
</OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
This is part of the answer (as you can see there are two [FlightSegmen]> nodes):
<AirItinerary DirectionInd="Return">
<OriginDestinationOptions>
<OriginDestinationOption ElapsedTime="1364">
<FlightSegment ArrivalDateTime="2017-09-09T09:15:00" DepartureDateTime="2017-09-09T06:16:00" ElapsedTime="299" FlightNumber="904" ResBookDesigCode="L" StopQuantity="0">
<DepartureAirport LocationCode="MVD"/>
<ArrivalAirport LocationCode="LIM"/>
<OperatingAirline Code="AV" CompanyShortName="/TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES" FlightNumber="904"/>
<Equipment AirEquipType="319"/>
<MarketingAirline Code="AV"/>
<MarriageGrp>O</MarriageGrp>
<DepartureTimeZone GMTOffset="-3"/>
<ArrivalTimeZone GMTOffset="-5"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<eTicket Ind="true"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</FlightSegment>
<FlightSegment ArrivalDateTime="2017-09-10T05:00:00" DepartureDateTime="2017-09-09T22:50:00" ElapsedTime="250" FlightNumber="1365" ResBookDesigCode="Y" StopQuantity="0">
<DepartureAirport LocationCode="LIM"/>
<ArrivalAirport LocationCode="EZE" TerminalID="A"/>
<OperatingAirline Code="AR" FlightNumber="1365"/>
<Equipment AirEquipType="738"/>
<MarketingAirline Code="AR"/>
<MarriageGrp>O</MarriageGrp>
<DepartureTimeZone GMTOffset="-5"/>
<ArrivalTimeZone GMTOffset="-3"/>
<TPA_Extensions>
<eTicket Ind="true"/>
</TPA_Extensions>
</FlightSegment>
</OriginDestinationOption>
</OriginDestinationOptions>
</AirItinerary>

Answer 1

If that element doesn't work, go for maxnumstops or numberofconnections. Set it in 0, that will do the job.