Originally Posted by
JDiver
To the contrary, I’ve read several posts over time AA agents are unwilling to waive MCT in instances where pre-clearance is done at AUA, DUB, etc. it’s always possible, but from what I’ve read AA agents are unwilling to waive MCT - MCTs are not established by AA, they’re established by IATA.
If you did manage to get an AA agent to waive MCT, I’d half expect another wouldn’t and you might get stuck without a valid JFK-DCA ticket from the AA perspective. I’d take the six hour stop and try to get the earlier flight if I arrived on time.
I’m confused, how/why could AA agents be unwilling to waive MCT for pre-clearance origins? It’s automatically coded as domestic, there’s no intervention necessary as far as I know.
AUA, NAS etc have always been D-D/D-I* connections as far as MCT is concerned.
Now apparently for whatever reason AUH is different in this respect, but there shouldn’t be any issues with AUA. Is there perhaps a Caribbean vs Longhaul difference in MCT? Is DUB I-D/I-I? (My only experiences are AUA and NAS, can’t comment on DUB/SNN.)
But perhaps I’m misunderstanding your post.
*I do recall D-I connections coming in from preclearance airports sometimes having a slightly altered MCT, though.