Originally Posted by
mherdeg
In case anyone is curious about primary-source data here (vs. what agents / united.com will / won't do), the Contract of Carriage says
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It is hard to imagine that if you fly JFK-LAX/overnight/LAX-OGG and take (1) the first flight on which space is available, which is additionally (2) the flight that will get you to your destination earliest, that you have triggered a CoC-defined stopover.
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.)