Originally Posted by
dparkinson
I've got an itinerary that's on 086 stock. The ticket to Oz is operated by UA, and the return is operated by NZ.
The flight to SFO from my origin is delayed and will cause a misconnect at SFO to the Australia flight and force an overnight.
UA is telling me they cannot do anything at the origin station because I haven't flown yet and NZ has control, and thus they (UA) have received no money.
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What is it you want done? What alternative will you propose?
While the agent was technically correct, generally reasonable things can get done.