due to weather, agent rebooked me to wrong airport 7900 miles away, should I fly?
Jul 20, 2019, 1:21 pm
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I can’t wait until the OP solves this riddle for us all. It’s been fun, ladies and gentlemen.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:21 pm
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And I have come up with a possible explanation for that subsequent edit.
The OP may not be an expert in US visa requirements, and came back to say "I know I don't need a visa because I have entered there before on this passport, but I can't speak for all US passport holders, so YMMV!!!"
The OP may not be an expert in US visa requirements, and came back to say "I know I don't need a visa because I have entered there before on this passport, but I can't speak for all US passport holders, so YMMV!!!"
This would be a stretch as we've already ruled out doing such a (leisure) trip on an official or diplomatic passport and I think it's unlikely that OP has a child's passport. Should we believe that the OP thinks he/she is visa exempt because the passport number is prime???
Jul 20, 2019, 1:22 pm
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Jul 20, 2019, 1:22 pm
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OK, but that doesn't address my point about the CLT-PGV bottleneck.
If Airport A was Hobby and Airport B was Houston Intercontinental, it doesn't appear logical to request to change from one to the other, if the problem is with the CLT-PGV flight ("East Coast" weather).
If Airport A was Hobby and Airport B was Houston Intercontinental, it doesn't appear logical to request to change from one to the other, if the problem is with the CLT-PGV flight ("East Coast" weather).
Jul 20, 2019, 1:27 pm
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This would be a stretch as we've already ruled out doing such a (leisure) trip on an official or diplomatic passport and I think it's unlikely that OP has a child's passport. Should we believe that the OP thinks he/she is visa exempt because the passport number is prime???
The OP first posted a blanket statement that all US citizens enjoy a visa exemption. Then thought better of that, and said that they enjoy a visa exemption as a US citizen.
I could say that: All Irish citizens can enter the US under the visa waiver program without a visa. This is true for the vast majority of Irish citizens, but is, of course, incorrect as a blanket statement - there are many reasons why holders of passports from a visa waiver exempt country may, in fact, require a visa to enter the US.
That is all. A realisation that the OP can't issue a blanket guarantee on visa-exempt entry, or realised that such exemptions aren't always extended to all citizens of a certain country.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:31 pm
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Ok, let me recap, the most likely scenario is that instead of flying Houston-CLT-PGV, he was booked on Houston-LAX-PVG, and he is coming back PVG-FRA-EWR on UA. Chinese visa or TWOV, either way, it doesn't matter. And then he hoofs it from EWR to PGV. .
. Or has added two more segments on the return ticket.
This seems to satisfy best all of the things we know and appears to be the most plausible scenario.
. Or has added two more segments on the return ticket.This seems to satisfy best all of the things we know and appears to be the most plausible scenario.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:34 pm
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Ok, let me recap, the most likely scenario is that instead of flying Houston-CLT-PGV, he was booked on Houston-LAX-PVG, and he is coming back PVG-FRA-EWR on UA. Chinese visa or TWOV, either way, it doesn't matter. And then he hoofs it from EWR to PGV. .. Or has added two more segments on the return ticket.
This seems to satisfy best all of the things we know and appears to be the most plausible scenario.
. Or has added two more segments on the return ticket.This seems to satisfy best all of the things we know and appears to be the most plausible scenario.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:42 pm
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OK, but that doesn't address my point about the CLT-PGV bottleneck.
If Airport A was Hobby and Airport B was Houston Intercontinental, it doesn't appear logical to request to change from one to the other, if the problem is with the CLT-PGV flight ("East Coast" weather).
If Airport A was Hobby and Airport B was Houston Intercontinental, it doesn't appear logical to request to change from one to the other, if the problem is with the CLT-PGV flight ("East Coast" weather).
Aircraft could be delayed due to storms/weather elsewhere in it's routing earlier that day. It's not necessarily weather in CLT.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:45 pm
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Jul 20, 2019, 1:45 pm
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It's possible that an IAH-CLT-PGV route had a delay on IAH-CLT that would break the connection in CLT; but there was a HOU-DFW-CLT-PGV route available.
Aircraft could be delayed due to storms/weather elsewhere in it's routing earlier that day. It's not necessarily weather in CLT.
Aircraft could be delayed due to storms/weather elsewhere in it's routing earlier that day. It's not necessarily weather in CLT.
Or that, as suggested in post 217, the OP simply took the opportunity of the rebooking arising from IRROPS to merely change the ticket to depart from the closer and more convenient airport.
Jul 20, 2019, 1:48 pm
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Jul 20, 2019, 1:50 pm
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If we are right, then OP is either on UA961 which just landed an hour ago at EWR, or he is on tomorrow's flight, and may be on a flight from PVG-FRA right now. Given his last posting (asking about seating on the 787-10) was at 1:11 am, either are possible....
Jul 20, 2019, 1:51 pm
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The OP just posted over in the LH M&M thread in the past half hour...
Jul 20, 2019, 1:52 pm
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FT was made for threads like this! The great mystery of July 2019 . . .
Jul 20, 2019, 2:05 pm
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Or or maybe this is all one A380 sized red herring