Originally Posted by
beckoa
Maybe... Or just the schedule change. Hard to say... But things have changed with more legislation recently
It's a response to DOT final ruling on new consumer protections which went into effect on Oct 28th.
https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...eauthorization
The airlines updated their Contracts of Carriage as well in response to new rulling --
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/le...ct-of-carriage
DOT has now defined "significant" delays where you can either request a refund or a travel credit (good for 5 years) to be 3 hours for domestic and 6 hours for international itins.