Originally Posted by
hobo13
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Conforming moderator edit to quote]. I frequently have overnight connections on revenue tickets before the international segment. They are definitely NOT stopovers.
Why are you often one to assume???
And UA doesn't check the passport before you fly to that connection city. So my point stands -- had the kid's passport info been stored in the system, and he used OLCI, all would have been just fine.
Originally Posted by
hobo13
Who said anything about checking bags?
If the OP's 8 year old son was ticketed all the way thru to an international destination, then when he first checks-in for his first flight they DEFINITELY WILL check his passport. It's pretty certain that the boy would have checked his luggage all the way thru (ANC-ORD-WAS-LHR), correct? That means that he would not be claiming his luggage in ORD, and then re-checking it when dad meets his arriving aircraft. So UA MUST be sure that the child is clear to travel international when he first check's-in at his first departure city. International flights are not supposed to have baggage on them when a pax is not sitting on that plane. Again, and again, "Often1" and "Fastair" have told us over, and over the OP's son needed to have his passport available to show to the ticket agent in ANC, or he ain't goin' anywhere! - PERIOD.
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Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
It seems to me the best thing to do was split the PNR into two separate flights. I don't know why they couldn't do that.
UA Saver Awards--- ONE WAY
ANC-LHR --- 30K miles
ORD-LHR --- 30K miles
ANC-ORD --- 17,500 miles
There will be "NO" refund of miles and as others have stated, if the boys itin is cancelled because his dad purchased a ticket on another domestic flight (using miles or cash) from ANC to ORD and failed to change the original outbound to ORD-WAS-LHR for the same saver miles this itin is probably cancelled and there will be a lot of "Splainin' to do" to get the seats back, especially if the flights are now full!