Originally Posted by
jeremywight
I was going to try calling again but after reading the forum it sounds like you shouldn’t ever change a single leg on partner booking unless all segments are still available (which the IAD-IST is not).
You also can't generally change a flight piecemeal like you were trying. It's unlikely an agent would even succeed in what you're trying to do.
Originally Posted by
jeremywight
So this brings me to my question, assuming they won’t be able to properly change that flight what would happen if we were to accidentally spend to much time at the lounge and miss our connection. Is it likely they would rebook us on that next outbound flight at 6:45pm?
It's likely that they'd cancel not only your onward flight but also your return flights. (
mduell points out you specified a one-way award, so this isn't an issue).