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Old Sep 19, 2018, 10:18 pm
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Originally Posted by kaka
whats stopping you to reject the changes when they moved the flight times. surely if you are forced to have an 8 hour delay you can reject the change.

or you can standby on the earlier NRT-NGO flight. cut off is 20 minutes.

or if you decide to take the 789, well, thats your decision. you cant tell the entire flight schedule to shift so you can sit on a 789.
I highly doubt the change caused the lengthy layover. OP claims flight was changed from 17:00 to 17:30 (should be 17:25) departure. Adding 25 min to OP’s connection would still not meet the MCT.
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