Originally Posted by
ExplorerWannabe
A seasoned 1K flyer who -- with a short connection to a likely overbooked flight -- went to the lounge to verify his flight assignment instead of the gate. Two things can be right at the same time: United could well have (probably did) violate their own procedures and IDB him AND he made poor choices if he really wanted to get on that flight.
You know, all I want to hear at this point is if OP gets his IDB compensation or not. Because I am in this situation several times a year, coming in on an international flight which has some sort of delay and I skip the Polaris lounge and haul butt to my flight. I usually arrive between T-30 and T-10. Sometimes my seat is gone and I am rebooked at say T-20 onto a later flight. So I want to know for the future if this is IDB or not. I am not asked to give up my seat and I am only compensated for hotel if I pay myself and submit it.
The CoC is not super clear and you take the wording about international departures a couple of different ways. Frankly, I have always worked with the understanding that at T-30 if you are on an itin which has international flights they can take you off if you have not made it to the gate. And the flight in question can be a domestic connection before or after any international flights or an actual international flight. Cutoff of T-15 for domestic only itins. Would love to know that actual rules.