Thanks for closing the loop. Last few times I was on an oversold flight they proactively reached out to solicit volunteers. Never received a generic email like this. If I ever get such a message from them I'll take it more seriously
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indomie
Also, we had technical difficulties on our flight to Singapore & having the itineraries connected meant we'd more easily have been rebooked had we been really delayed. Thankfully the delay was only an hour and we had a 4 hour layover in Singapore.
I wouldn't count on that. Being checked through across separate tickets doesn't really give you IRROPS protection. You'd still be at the mercy of the onward carrier.