Originally Posted by
Beeb
Interesting, I didn't realize JAL was blocking these. How long has that been going on? I don't believe the ticket is violating MCT, I had the agent try to price out 3 different flights with varying connection times ranging from 1h50m to ~3h30m or so.
I wasn't planning on having an AA segment, but interestingly they were able to price out a JFK -> HND AA flight that connected with a JAL HND -> CTS flight. The issue only arose when it was a JAL flight that connected to a JAL flight. When you say I should try to add the segment later, what do you mean by later? (When / if they update the married segment rules?)
Yes, by later I mean when JAL updates the restrictions for that specific flight. The rules of marriage do not change. What changes is whether or not JAL decides to allow or disallow a marriage on a specific flight. This might be done by date range. Farther out they may restrict, but closer in they may not.
I don't recall when I first noticed it, but it has been over a year. You can dig through the JAL threads on AA and AS to get more clarity on the timeline. I usually see if I can pull up the same itinerary on paid flights using google flights as a quick way to see whether the MCT is OK. If I really want to dig in I use ExpertFlyer to look it up. Right, JAL can only enforce marriages (or divorces) between flights on its own metal. Pairing a JAL segment with another carrier segment there is no way to enforce a married segment (currently, IME).