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What I really dislike is that United sells me fares with this provision so bbviously, people at revenue management are fine with the ability of united pax to leverage the star alliance.
Ummmm....where does UA state anywhere that the * alliance allows one to buy whatever ticket on 1 airline (regardless of price and fare rules) and fly on any other airline at your whim?
I believe that UA allows same day standby on domestic UA flights. UA cross markets flights for purchases with many carriers, including AC, yet the ticket is not issued for an AC operated flight. Do the rules of your ticket say "standby free on partner airlines"? Does the same day standby policy cover (officially) Intl dptrs? Does UA have antitrust immunity to the point of a revenue share with AC as the operating carrier?
To each of these questions, I believe the answer is "no".
Sure, if AC has unused seats, they would be HAPPY to take the money that ARC is holding earmarked for UA. Why would UA want to give that away, except in the case of an oversold flight, or irrops?