Originally Posted by fastair

...As much as airlines flaunt status to you all, you are all still bound by the same rules that whatever deity made for you. And you are all bound by the rules of the CoC and your fare. And we know that UA has broken rules for you as a 1k. Guess what...they may have broken some rules for you b4 u were a 1k. And maybe, just maybe they broke them for 4 trans-pac passengers.

And tomorrow, the sun will rise, and UA will be in business, and the people will be in SYD, and the OP will have gotten to Cali, and the sun will set, and most of us will still be fine.