Originally Posted by
AMRivlin
On what basis, you can see through out this thread, a visa is not required, per the United Rules, have her check with operations.
If they didnt let you board due to the visa, you deserve the DEQM, Miles, and your money back.
They wouldn't check me in for the going and returning legs at the same time, therefore their line of reasoning was I'd have to leave the international area of the airport (DME) to get the boarding pass, hence needing a visa. They wouldn't (couldn't?) check me in to go as far as IAD and try there, either
Edit: For clarification, my itinerary had 3 "parts": BOS-IAD-DME, then DME-IAD, then IAD-BOS (5 hour layover, figure I'd walk around DC a bit)