Bellerina

Will be trying the SDC for my flight tomorrow to change to PAE. I assume to try this I have to call since the app will probably only give me SEA options.

I will also try this 15 minute test with the check in to make sure I get on the upgrade list

Bellerina

Update: SDC from SEA-SJC to a PAE-SJC no problem. CS on the phone said SEA and PAE were co-terminals.

I waited 30 minutes to check in, and I’m now showing up at the top of the upgrade list!

atcanobbio

Flying ZLO-LAX-SEA under one reservation. The LAX-SEA is the following day at 6am. Just to confirm, I will NOT be able to SDC the LAX-SEA to the day before to avoid the overnight LAX layover, correct?

barcelona_xavi

Did you do the SDC over the phone or online?

Flying for Fun

OP: Update: SDC from SEA-SJC to a PAE-SJC no problem. CS on the phone said SEA and PAE were co-terminals.

Bellerina

App only showed SEA options. So called in. Did not try the full site.

jsguyrus

Correct. If there is over four hours between the connection you can't SDC the second flight, until the window opens for that flight.

jrl767

that doesn’t really answer the question ... ZLO-LAX is an afternoon flight (depart ~1630 arrive ~1810), so OLCI at ~T-12 would indeed be after the window for the next day’s 0600 LAX-SEA

presuming it’s a legal intl-to-domestic connection, it would be interesting to know if AS IT actually offers the ~1930 LAX-SEA flight on the prior day as an SDC option

atcanobbio

is this 4-hour rule a thing? is it published somewhere?

Flying for Fun

Policy states NO! Same with co-terminal changes. You can call and ask. If they allow a SDC to a different calendar day or allow a change to a co-terminal AS is doing you a favour.

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• You must request the change prior to the departure of your original flight.
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PaperGlider

Too bad co-terminals aren't allowed by written policy. Policy is whatever they say but it seems like a selfish one-sided arrangement, or do I have it wrong. Passengers can be re-routed to co-terminals but passengers can't change itineraries to those terminals.

barcelona_xavi

What if the connection is over 4 hours, but the second leg is on the same day? Can I do SDC of the second leg when the check-in opens?

Bellerina

The fact that it explicitly says you cannot change terminals with SDC, but there are a lot of us saying we can (my SEA/PAE example today) is a bit furstrating. However, I'd rather have them do it when you call in if you can than for them to say no always. You just can't always expect them to do it.

That said, it's probably worth a call to see if they would let you do the SDC even if it's more than 4 hours.

jrl767

thank you again, professor .. I am **WELL AWARE** of what policy states, and of the fact that policy really isn't what's written but rather what's practiced (as, obviously, are many others who have weighed in to cite various examples of YMMV)

again, I was referring to the post immediately above mine, which didn't actually answer the question in the post jsguyrus quoted ... while true, the point about "can't SDC beyond T-24 from the second flight with a 4+ hour layover" is irrelevant; I was attempting to clarify for the individual flying ZLO-LAX-SEA that OLCI for the entire itinerary after 0600PST on the day of departure from ZLO (rather than at T-24 for that flight) **might** be a scenario in which AS IT would in fact allow SDC to the more reasonable same-day connection

all that said, calling is ALWAYS the best approach when looking to make a change that is outside written policy

jrl767

as long as you're inside T-24 from the second flight (i.e., once its OLCI window is open)