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Nov 2, 2023 | 2:45 pm

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dls25

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Originally Posted by twb3

Booking to Buffalo, NY presented flights to Rochester, NY - some 70 miles away. This is not an acceptable or reasonable alternative. I can of course screen for this while booking, but does this policy change mean that AA can, in the event of irrops, transport me to a distant airport and claim that they have fulfilled thier CoC obligations?

Looked for flights from MSP to LGA yesterday - AA.com showed the two non-stop flights and then every other option was from RST which is 80 miles away.
They really need to change this to an opt-in option instead of doing this automatically.

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