Originally Posted by
periperi
I would have asked for it all back.
I would have asked for a million dollars. We'd both have gotten a 'no.'
Originally Posted by
periperi
They didn't get you where you were going and presented an unacceptable routing after the diversion.
OP had the option of being returned to JAC, in which case it would have been a Trip in Vain and a full refund would have been allowed.
If your method worked, UA would suddenly have infinite demand for flights like XXX-SFO-MRY and XXX-SFO-SMF in the hopes that people could get free transportation to SFO because "they didn't get [me] where [I] was going."