Originally Posted by
rokap
you would have a good point if I planned the intinary. In this case the itinary came up as a standard route from Newark to BA. Since Continental/United offered the route IMO they should live up to their commitment.
UA did live up to what they had to give you, they just didnt live up to your expectations of what it is they had to give you.
the only time I would have booked what you did is if I was booking the 1st flight of the day , in your case EWR-IAD. Just cause UA or CO or any carrier offers a set of flights doesnt mean I have to book them as such.
At times I dont have a choice its either a 6am flight as my 1st flight or leave the night before and overnight at the connecting hub. Ive done this at times but its not always possible for me to. So I book the 6am day of flight and hope nothing goes wrong, knowing if something does and I miss my connecting flight that either Im overnighting at the hub on UAs dime or asking for a flight in vain and CXing the whole trip , if I was only going to be at my destination for 2 or 3 days losing 1 day might make it not worthwhile going.
But its not IDB its as chana said simply a misconnect which wont get you anything near what a IDB will , compensation wise that is. Not what you want to hear but it is what it is