PremEx,

I may be dreaming this, but I swear that United has told me that Tokyo is treated differently in regard to stopovers--even with C class tickets.

Have you ever heard of something like this? I've always heard travelers complaining about how expensive tickets to Tokyo are, versus tickets to places like Beijing (did) and Shanghai, that go through Tokyo on certain connections from the US.

Perhaps I am completely mistaken, but United would NOT simply sell me a C Class ticket ORD-PVG, letting me stay overnight in NRT before catching the NRT-PVG connecting flight a day later. I spoke with three different agents and each claimed that there is a "special rule" when flying through Japan.

I'm confused.