Originally Posted by
Often1
I would not read the internal Japanese carrier's email as you do. MCT is a carrier's willingness to assume the risk of a misconnect. Nothing more and nothing less. You have a 1:25 connection on a 1:20 MCT. Therefore a "legal" connection.
If AC is ontime (or I suppose no later than 5 minutes delayed), AC has met its obligation. The internal carrier has made clear that it has no obligation to rebook and that your ticket will have whatever value it has against a ticket on a later flight. That could be anywhere from CAD 0 to the full price of a new ticket at walk-up prices.
All I read the internal carrier's email as saying is that if you misconnect, "come see us and we will review your options."
Perfect. I will calm down a bit then haha. I have decided that I think I'd rather not check any bags on the way there and just go with carry ons. This will make it more likely to catch that second flight. It will be a bit of a pain as I cannot bring everything I'd want to, but I suppose they can be purchased in Japan.