The 24 hour "transit"

[wandering_fred]

Understand the "concern" of the airlines about giving away "free" stopovers, but shouldn't the transit really be 24 hours plus the minimum connecting time? Especially when there is one flight a day in and one flight a day out combined with the "banking" of flights with some airlines.

EG Arrival at 1400 Minimum connecting time is 75 minutes, you can't legally connect with a flight out at 1510 (which if it is the only daily flight is a bit of a pain - unless you actually want a stopover)

Cathay on USA to Perth ticketing will allow an overnight with about a 30-36 hour connection for a modest extra amount.

Thoughts?

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[flying_double]

No, because then it would be a stopover! MCT is completely irrelevant. If you are re-joining the same flight number a day later (assuming 24hrs + the ground time), that is clearly a stopover and should be treated as such.

 

[defurax]

Understand the "concern" of the airlines about giving away "free" stopovers, but shouldn't the transit really be 24 hours plus the minimum connecting time? Especially when there is one flight a day in and one flight a day out combined with the "banking" of flights with some airlines.

EG Arrival at 1400 Minimum connecting time is 75 minutes, you can't legally connect with a flight out at 1510 (which if it is the only daily flight is a bit of a pain - unless you actually want a stopover)

Cathay on USA to Perth ticketing will allow an overnight with about a 30-36 hour connection for a modest extra amount.

Thoughts?

Happy wandering

Fred

It seems that IATA's official definition is 24 hours, so maybe IATA member airlines just have to agree with that. Although the glossary also mentions that more than 6 hours is a stopover in certain regions. Search for "Stopover" in this document: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/passenger/documents/passenger-glossary-of-terms.xls