YYZ Transit on MR Question
I wasn't sure where on FT to post this, but thought this might be a good place.
An ORD-based friend is doing a MR to NRT to meet me for 24 hours in Tokyo in October. He bought a YYZ-ORD-NRT-ORD-YYZ RT fare and is planning to purchase a connecting flight ORD-YYZ to position (and then not take final connecting leg ORD-YYZ on the return).
He can buy a ticket ORD-YYZ on the same flight that turns around and makes the first leg of the trip to NRT. "Transit" time in YYZ is 50 minutes. My question is -- is this a legal option? Assuming he has done online check-in for the YYZ-NRT trip, any reason he shouldn't be able to make this connection? If it looks like it would go south before leaving ORD (delayed flight), he should be able to make arrangements with AA to just start the trip at ORD instead. Or am I missing something? Advice welcome.