Originally Posted by
Viajero
Before this stopover 'problem' gets a life of its own, why are we even suggesting AA, or any other airline, takes a view that differs in any way from the 24hr limit it has always been for the OWE? Yes, the definition is no longer in the starfile, and one wishes it was reinstated, just to be safe, but what evidence is there that anything has changed for the worse?
For a OWE, none that I know of - but on a DAS17 (Circle Asia SWP) ticket, AA enforced the last flight in/first flight out rule on me on a MEL-SYD-NRT connection. Those tickets have a maximum of 5 stopovers and we'd used our 5 so weren't allowed a stopover in SYD. We had to overnight in SYD (as we couldn't get there in time in the morning for the NRT flight) so would have left MEL around 5pm, had a nice dinner in SYD and then left the next morning - couldn't do it - had to take the last MEL-SYD flight of the day.
There's no reason to suppose the OWE stopover rules have changed .... but then why would it be different on a DASx vs. a xONEx? Also, 'interesting' that the definition is no longer in the *file. Obviously, whatever rule is enforced by whichever airline is issuing the ticket is what counts .... YMMV.