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Old Jul 29, 2019, 6:27 am
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Last Sunday I was flying PHX/MIA and the flight was forced to return to PHX (after spending over 3 hours burning fuel in which time it could have nearly made it to MIA-but that's another story). As a result I was over night by AA and scheduled to fly PHX/LAX/MIA the next day,, Monday (only way to get home). That next day I had a MIA/ORD flight for work which I could not make. Without any issue the AC staff changed the Monday afternoon MIA/ORD flight to Tuesday AM.
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Old Jul 29, 2019, 7:28 am
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AA may have this policy, but getting an agent to abide by it is very much hit and miss. Like many things, it depends on who you get.
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Old Jul 29, 2019, 9:04 am
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Just confirming...

Originally Posted by Often1
AA, unlike other carriers, protects across separate tickets. It does so AA-OW (which, of course, includes AA).
If I read this correctly AA protects to separate OW ticket as well? So my ORD- LHR-NRT trip which is set up as two R/T tickets AA (ORD - LHR) and BA (LHR-NRT) with the BA trip commencing about 7 hours after I arrive in LHR on my AA ticket, this would also be protected should my AA leg into LHR be so late as to miss my BA flight to NRT?

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Old Jul 29, 2019, 10:38 am
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Originally Posted by chfenton
If I read this correctly AA protects to separate OW ticket as well? So my ORD- LHR-NRT trip which is set up as two R/T tickets AA (ORD - LHR) and BA (LHR-NRT) with the BA trip commencing about 7 hours after I arrive in LHR on my AA ticket, this would also be protected should my AA leg into LHR be so late as to miss my BA flight to NRT?
Yes
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Old Jul 29, 2019, 11:20 am
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Yes, as is noted repeatedly above: AA-OW which, of course includes AA.
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Old Aug 2, 2019, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by bse118
HKG-LAX-ORD-LHR-MUC: 13,544 miles
HKG-MUC (LH nonstop): 5,614 miles

Ouch! That's a brutal day. Hope you are in J.
It is brutal. I would have done HKG to Europe, but HKG was booked almost a year ago and MUC just came up and it's personal so on my dime!
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Old Aug 2, 2019, 10:51 am
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Originally Posted by Penguinmoon
What word best describes what one is doing other than connecting?

I have had agents push back before as I fly often connecting between separate tickets.
Say that you have an “onward ticket” instead of connecting flight.

Last edited by ntamayo; Aug 2, 2019 at 11:39 am Reason: wrong reference to MUC
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