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Originally Posted by The Walrus
What is the current status on canceling part of a front end DH? Specifically, the pairing dh's to SFO, lays over 24 hrs then dh's to HKG. If you js to SFO, can you keep the second dh as scheduled, and if so, can you perform your final dev check in in sfo, keep your sched gnd trans in sfo and hkg, and be protected from then on to hkg?
I've read the contract, but would like some 1st hand experience. Thanks.....
1) You cannot accomplish final check in in SFO, look at your initial check in form on VIPS, it will say within 100 NM of HKG.
2) You can get to SFO however you like, but once you deviate on leg 1, you are responsible for booking the ticket (on the scheduled flight from SFO-HKG). Book the ticket before you deviate.
3) do not select leg 2 to deviate and the GT may still be waiting on the scheduled leg. It has worked for me, since they give you the option to check deviation by leg.
4) if you arrive in SFO in time to catch the scheduled leg, you are "kind of" protected, it is currently an unwritten rule from the JL era that you should be afforded the rights and protections of being on the scheduled pairing at that point. If something goes awry, scheduling may be more help than "you deviated, call us from XXX!).