Originally Posted by
eigenvector
If you chose to make plans during connections (not stopovers), that's on you.
I don't agree with that statement, and I doubt a court would either. If I call AC and say I want to book AC 1843 SFO-YVR and then AC AC 1176 YVR-YYZ (which gives me almost 3 hours in YVR), then that's what I want. Nothing in the tariffs give them the right to assume that I don't want to stop in YVR.
By your logic, when I book something like YXE-YWG-YQR-YWG-YXE-YWG-YYZ-YQB for Earn Your Wings, they could reroute me YXE-YYZ-YQB because YQB is my "destination".
Originally Posted by
zorn
I don't see a legitimate negative to this.
The negative is that when I'm not in a rush, willing to volunteer, and happy to get a few hundred dollars, I'm no longer going to be offered the chance. And since they're likely to get SOMEONE saying "yes" at check-in, they're not likely to announce anything at the gate.
Originally Posted by
zorn
First, their rules now explicitly include frequent flyer membership as a criterion for determining IDB. (This was not always explicitly there.)
The tariff always explicitly stated frequent flyer status played into who they choose to deny boarding to.