"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:rdhEe.18897$Eo.5130@fed1read04...
except that the criteria states that it is a VFR cross country.. night and
day.. any work under the hood enroute or an approach at either end negates
the use of that cross country for the Commercial rating.

Not true. As long as there are 2 hours of VFR flight, the rest of the time
can be under the hood. The presence of instrument training does not, in and
of itself, invalidate the flight from being used for that requirement.