Look at Supplement G of the JCBA. One flight isn’t required, because no flights are required. Commuting isn’t limited to air travel. You can commute from wherever- there’s no radius in time nor distance that constitutes a commuter. Because of that, you don’t need to prove open seats at 24 hours or some such BS. Don’t abuse it, don’t get caught lying on a recorded line (just like sick, you don’t have to tell scheduling why you’re invoking the commuter policy…), and you have zero to fear.

Oh, and if you are removed from a trip for CM… you can pick up over the footprint, to include premium…


So yeah. You were wrong.