Originally Posted by
spike74
I am trying to book a flight from ewr to lax and see an American Airlines flight that is also labeled an Alaska Airlines flight. The tickets are cheaper if I book through Alaska Airlines. Why would this be and if I book through Alaska Airlines could I still get American Airlines points for the flights since they are operating the flights??
You can still get AA miles, but only according to Alaska's rules, i.e. because Alaska allows you to accumulate AA miles on their flights. There are certain times where that don't necessarily apply (for instance, you probably couldn't accumulate AA miles on an Alaska-coded flight operated by Northwest) but you should be OK here.