Originally Posted by
jsloan
While you're correct about the policy, in this particular case, it wouldn't surprise me if UA would grant an exception to a 1K. There's no chance of being stranded at an intermediate point since you're just eliminating one stop. It's certainly worth asking about at the airport; the worst that can happen is that they say no.
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OP specifically said two stop to one stop. I guess in this specific situation, OP wanted to simply skip B, and could just continue on their regularly scheduled flight from C-D in worst case, but what’s the point in that (unless OP just wanted extra time in C on their way to D). However, I doubt this is a common situation, and rules are made for the more common situation where someone wants to say, connect in a different hub to get somewhere earlier, and could get stuck. Based on ones ticket, UA would theoretically be responsible for delivering the pax to the final destination.
Theoretically, at the airport, an agent could do it, but it’s probably going to be tough to find one that will, is my guess.