Originally Posted by headinclouds
I do believe that we are getting a bit tired of this rant. True, you had a bad experience at LAX, but in my experience that is not the case. Last year, I had open dated ticket ORD-ANC. Checked in at BWI no problem. Bad weather and a potential misconnect caused a on-the-spot change of dates to the reservation. When I actually flew the segment 2 weeks later, again no problem at the check-in at ORD. And the star files specially state that a change of date/time does NOT require a re-issue.
Rant? I asked a serious question. I see nothing in your reply but a criticism and a couple of useless opinions. You assert that you checked in somewhere with an open-dated ticket and in the next sentence tell us the rules say you could have done the same thing with a dated ticket.
It used to be that an OPN ticket would help avoid challenges from front-line check-in personnel who didn't know the supposed rules. This seemed to be less of a problem in premium classes because of agent expectations. Today, with OW airlines like AA applying their own rules, I see even less of a use for the thing. The downside, as mentioned before, is that you give up protection against airline route changes.