Originally Posted by JoePilot
This award was booked via AA and they told me as long as I stay less than 24 hours in a city (and to the minute) its considered a connection, not a stopover.
The agent who told you that was mistaken. It's possble it will/would/did get ticketed that way-- and many agents make that mistake- but that's not the rule and it gets corrected later on in the process, unless you get lucky.
The rule is:
Passenger has 4/6 hours to connect (depending on domestic or international travel). If there are no scheduled flights within this timeframe, regardless of availability, the passenger must take the next scheduled flight but, may not exceed 24 hours. If the connection exceeds 24 hours, it will be considered a stopover.