<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by avek00:
I can't think of even ONE major global airline that wouldn't charge in a situation like this, especially since the passenger could have avoided this problem altogether through the simple and easy step of booking the entire trip on ONE ticket.</font>
Again, unless you have some data points about how another airline would handle such a situation, this is nothing but speculation.
My comments come from an exepectation of reasonableness in an extraordinary situation, not a rigid adherence to the law. This scenario has shown that CO does not excel in this regard.