One stop direct flight via country of origin possible?
Oct 1, 2006 | 12:56 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Madrid, Spain & Santiago, Chile
Programs: AA EXP
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One stop direct flight via country of origin possible?
Take this xONEx, ex-SCL:
SCL-LAX-HKG .. .MAD-EZE-BOG-SCL
LA570 is a one-stop direct flight EZE-BOG, but the flight makes a tech(?) stop in SCL. The relevant coupon would read, I imagine, EZE-BOG, with no mention whatsoever of SCL. On paper it looks doable, but...
Will AA argue that one cannot take that flight because the tech stop in SCL breaks the one international departure/arrival rule? Opinions?
SCL-LAX-HKG .. .MAD-EZE-BOG-SCL
LA570 is a one-stop direct flight EZE-BOG, but the flight makes a tech(?) stop in SCL. The relevant coupon would read, I imagine, EZE-BOG, with no mention whatsoever of SCL. On paper it looks doable, but...
Will AA argue that one cannot take that flight because the tech stop in SCL breaks the one international departure/arrival rule? Opinions?
Oct 1, 2006 | 6:00 pm
#2
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
Posts: 19,593
It is allowed as only the O/D for each sector counts; and if the flight disappears from the schedule, you get a free reroute (including extra segment if necessary). Maybe LA creates flights like this precisely for this reason (well, maybe not, probably CRS display position is the real motivation).
