<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by biggs:
Another example is a woman who had a medical problem in between flights and was told the rest of your ticket is worthless.
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I was thinking about this example earlier today (I don't know why ...) and the thing with this example is, this ticket would have been cancelled anyway even before the new rules. If you don't show up for a connection, US has always cancelled the remainder of your ticket and it was worthless.