My wife took a "direct" MSY-TUS flight last June.

This turned out to be one of those flights with "unscheduled change of aircraft" that left IAH before it arrived.

The consolation prize:

In addition to the MSY-TUS direct mileage she got OnePass credit for the CO IAH-LAS and HP LAS-TUS flights that actually got her home in the wee hours of the next morning.

cigarman: It used to be possible to get credit on each leg of HP "direct" flights by getting off at PHX and changing your assigned seat, but they seem to have "fixed" that

[This message has been edited by Old Gold (edited 11-30-2001).]