Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Nevertheless the GA and redcoat insisted that this could not be 72 hour TWOV because Shanghai cannot be a transit point, although my routing would have qualified for 24 hour TWOV. They said that to do 72 hour TWOV I would need to go to some other country like Thailand that requires a visa.
the whole situation totally sucks! You were incorrectly denied boarding.
The only thing I just thought of - with the benefit of a calm and peaceful atmosphere sitting at home - is that if they were going to allow the 24 TWOV you might have taken that, changed your booking accordingly, and then changed it back once you reached NRT (most probably too late by the time you arrived in China as they'd only give you 24 hours if that's when your return was for).
Will be interesting to see how DL resolved your situation.