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CHUD
GinFizz - Thank you for your valuable feedback. This is an interesting take. I see the exception is for AA 120mins. If this is correct, then my original ticket would not have allowed for a legal connection which provides me more options.
How accurate is the KVS info? Is it something that I can quote when seeking a refund?
I honestly don't know the answer to that question - but I suspect that the information is accurate. IATA manage the MCT database and any exceptions have to be negotiated between airports/airlines and submitted into the database. You could ask on the KVS thread (or maybe send the KVS representative a PM) about how "official" (and accurate) this information is.
I also just checked on the ITA Matrix website - putting in a one way search from TPE to DFW via PEK on the specific flights you were booked on
i.e.
{Departing from} TPE::CA186 PEK AA262
{Destination} DFW
and using +/-2 days for a random day in February gives a shortest connection time of 42h 05 minutes ... i.e. it doesn't give the option of the short same day connection. One caveat here is both flights have already been retimed since your trip - the new arrival time of CA186 in PEK is 16:15 and the departure time of AA is now 17:25 (70 minutes difference).
This is still though 10 minutes more than the default T3 Int-Int connection time of 60 minutes and is not picked up by the search - so my guess is that the "exception" mentioned above is binding.