Originally Posted by
bomaab
one gets into all sorts of issues when one has to take an alternate city. For eg blr and del are equivalent of staying in say Atl and agreeing to fly out of NY or BOS on your own. Bags for example (TATL have diff limits) - trip protection does not apply as they are two separate tickets. Why would I spend money on booking tickets myself when an airline is supposed to protect me. I have offered then numerous alternative routes - they have refused - incl VS own route that VS is selling on website - BOM-DEL-LHR… since Bom-Del is with a VS partner.
None of what you say in regards to the issues of getting to DEL or BLR from BOM is wrong and I can't fault one for not wanting to take on that expense. Again, it was only a possible suggestion depending on your flexibility and travel plans. I do get that despite being in the same country, DEL and BLR aren't "close" to BOM.
However, where you do run into the issue is your argument about "VS" partners. VS didn't issue this ticket. DL did. So what matters is whether DL is partners with the airline operating that BOM-DEL leg to be able to ticket it.
Originally Posted by
flyerCO
If he asks, they may offer it. Nothing says they have to be the one instigating the discussion. There's no set definition, any airport except what is ticketed qualifies.
*ANY* airport except what is ticketed qualifies? So if OP wants, he could leverage this into a trip to the Maldives? Thailand? Singapore? Hawaii?
Originally Posted by
flyerCO
The point of the language is to prevent airline from saying we flew you to co-terminal, you're on your own. (Ie we flew you to NRT, you're on you're own to get to HND)
Sure, because I don't think anyone could argue HND and NRT don't serve the same town/city/region though the addition of "region" could become quite broad so I'm curious as to what the limits are should I ever find myself in a similar situation so I'm asking if can you post anything to actually back up what you are claiming in regards to what the limits are, if any? For my job, my AOR is the Indo-Pacific region, that includes everything from South Africa to the Indian Peninsula to Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia to Australia to China to Japan to Korea Alaska to Hawaii and all other Pacific Islands. Would these qualify for the same "region"?
ETA: Is there also a difference when we're talking about an advance schedule change versus day-of IROPS?