Originally Posted by
Gongzuokuang
The six hour MCT thing must be relatively new.
Not sure about ORD, but for JFK it has been the case for a few years at least. It is also possible that previous CX check-in agents did not check and thought that 3 hours would be enough. Here you can see for JFK the 6-hour MCT applies to BR, too. Based on what DL had done to KE and others in the past, I think it was DL's decision to make the transit as difficult as possible. BR doesn't through-tag bags to separate tickets and does not have SPA (Special Prorate Agreement) with DL AFAIK, so BR doesn't have the incentive to do this.
Code:
T*CT-JFK/CXDL/ID«
STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I.
ONLINE 1.00 1.15 1.45 2.00
OFFLINE 1.00 1.15 1.45 2.00
** OR * ARE ALL
CX-DL ID 6.00
**-DL ID SUP HAV - ALL
**-DL ID 3.30
CX-** ID 2.00
T*CT-JFK/BRDL/ID«
STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I.
ONLINE 1.00 1.15 1.45 2.00
OFFLINE 1.00 1.15 1.45 2.00
** OR * ARE ALL
BR-DL ID 6.00
**-DL ID SUP HAV - ALL
**-DL ID 3.30
BR-** ID 2.30