Originally Posted by
FrequentFlyKid
I wish there was some sort of exception or red-eye flights that are scheduled to leave ~15 minutes before midnight. It bites me on Friday when I'm scheduled RNO-IAH-DFW on the 11:37 AM flight. Well there are only two flights a day out of RNO on CO; a late morning and an 11:55 PM red-eye. What that means is that I cannot fly same-day confirmed on the earlier red-eye that allows me to get to my destination the same day, just a little early because it is not the "same-day" by five minutes. I know rules are rules, but that sucks.
There always was an exception for red-eye flights (12am-3am departures).
And, under the new rules you actually can catch the 11:55 the night before your scheduled departure. If you are booked on the 11:37am and want to fly out on the 11:55pm the night before you are within 24 hours of your scheduled original departure. The tricky part is that technically you cannot confirm it until you are within 12 hours of your original departure time, which would be 11:37pm the night before. That puts you in a tough position of trying to get the GA or the Elite desk to process the change 18 minutes prior to departure. Of course, this will all stop being a problem in a couple months when RNO-IAH shuts down.