Whatever. I realize it's somewhat idiosyncratic that you can book single international itin's with up to 24 hour connections which may result in not getting lounge access at the connection point. But it's not like there aren't other far more idiosyncratic airline policies out there. Is it really that desparately critical that one gets lounge access at the connecting point on these itin's? As far as I can tell the "same day" language has always been there --

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