Originally Posted by
vanillabean
It seems like people nowadays often say direct when they mean non-stop?
That's actually been going on for decades.
Originally Posted by
vanillabean
I’m going SFO-PHX, and it would appear from looking up the gates that I’ll be on the same flight for PHX-ORD with a layover of less than an hour. Could it be that I might not get off in PHX?
Looking at the AA website, I don't see any direct flights operating SFO-PHX-ORD. (Although, maybe I missed it.)
If you're basing the "direct" concept solely on the gate and not the flight number, that's not actually a direct flight. If it's two different flight numbers, I would bet a significant amount of cash that you will be required to deplane.