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Mar 19, 2013, 10:30 am

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Do we think that "the first flight on which space is available" is the first flight with Y space, or with appropriate fare bucket space? (Okay, maybe that's getting a bit greedy.)

Well, I have no idea whether UA has other internal business practices or unpublished rules which create a stricter definition of a "valid international connection" or "stopover" than what's in the contract of carriage. There is plenty of anecdata here indicating that UA seems to enforce stricter rules than they have written down.

Mar 19, 2013, 10:35 am

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There is plenty of anecdata here indicating that UA seems to enforce stricter rules than they have written down.

I wonder, though, if a demand to talk to the rate desk and a reference to the COC would produce a different result.

After all, the COC is pretty controlling for most purposes.

Mar 19, 2013, 10:52 am

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Thanks for this. I thought I was right, but I didn't know that things were so clear. I wish I had known this before, because I would have called and requested a second opinion from the rate desk on my recent MR.

I may be making a lot more long "layovers" in the future!

Do we think that "the first flight on which space is available" is the first flight with Y space, or with appropriate fare bucket space? (Okay, maybe that's getting a bit greedy.)

Could be Ive been Wrong all along, but I thought a person had to land say @ LAX after the last flight to OGG left .And then be booked for the 1st flight out the next day and not the 1st available flight the next day.

Depending where a person is heading that could mean arriving @ LAX close to Midnight and having their next flight a few hrs later

Mar 19, 2013, 10:59 am

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Mods: Could we maybe break this out into a separate discussion on the first-available-flight rule? I think it could be a very useful conversation to have.

Mar 19, 2013, 11:03 am

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Mods: Could we maybe break this out into a separate discussion on the first-available-flight rule? I think it could be a very useful conversation to have.

best to use the red triangle "!" for this kind of request.

Mar 19, 2013, 11:06 am

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best to use the red triangle "!" for this kind of request.

Thanks, and done. Learn something (or ten things) new here everyday.

Mar 19, 2013, 2:03 pm

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Saver fare from NYC to connect to LAX-OGG

OP here. I just booked a dummy return so I could make .bomb happy with an overnight in LA. I too have gotten very inconsistent responses in the past to laying over on the way to HI, even on last flight.