Originally Posted by
jsloan
The limitations in this new itinerary are identical to the limitations in your previous itinerary, Married inventory is a standard United practice.
How do you know this part with certainty? Are all one-stop itineraries married? With the previous itinerary, the first leg was cancelled, and united's proposal was for me to just fly the 2nd leg.
Originally Posted by
jsloan
You're assuming that there's going to be a problem with your current itinerary and trying to get them to fix that (assumed) problem. That's beyond a reasonable effort in the airline industry.
I think it is a fair criticism of my efforts to say that I'm asking them to fix a problem that hasn't happened yet. In times gone by, I'd think someone was nuts for doing this. So maybe I've gone nuts thinking about this.
When I started this thread, I was concerned about the connection time. I thought I might be able to pay to make a change, but couldn't so I just decided to roll with it. Then the cancellations started happening. To me, at some point the number of cancellations crosses a threshold where it's fair for the passenger to request a schedule change.
I appreciate the time people have taken to educate me on this. I have learned a lot from this.