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Aug 31, 2013 | 5:52 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnAx

I notice AA has added a couple of transcons e.g. BDL-LAX, and remember the rule defining transcon city pairs I can only fly once on an xONEx being a list. Which presumably won't have BDL-LAX on it quite yet. Am I being too optimistic?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Himeno

The current rule is as follows:

Code:

(l) Within the USA/Canada only one nonstop or single plane service transcontinental flight permitted. A transcontinental flight is defined as travel between a city in column A and a city in column B.
COLUMN A                 COLUMN B
Baltimore MD              Las Vegas
Boston MA                 Los Angeles CA
Ft Lauderdale FL         Oakland CA
Hartford CT                Portland OR
Miami FL                    San Diego CA
Newark NJ                  San Francisco CA
New York NY              San Jose CA
Orlando FL                 Seattle
Philadelphia PA            Vancouver, BC
San Juan PR               Santa Ana, CA
Toronto ON                Long Beach, CA
Washington DC
Raleigh Durham NC
Additionally, only one flight to Anchorage (ANC) and one flight from Anchorage (ANC) permitted.

I'm sure AA would have thought of this before they added the new flights. They are likely to be added in the next rule changes. Either next month, or the changes have already been made but aren't yet uploaded.

I'm confused. Isn't BDL the code for Hartford, CT? And isn't that already on the list?

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