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Old Sep 5, 2017, 9:19 am
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jhayes_1780
 
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Originally Posted by theflyingguyblog
I've looked around a bit online, and found a few threads on this topics. It seems to me that the general consensus was a no in almost any scenario. The main reason I found was that since airlines are only designated to fly the planned route, they therefore can't let passengers use a diversion city as their final destination. Seems silly to me.

-The Flying Guy
Any chance you can cite some of those threads? Or where your pointing to a general consensus?

As I had this issue twice on UA and both times there were more then willing to let me off.
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