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Old Aug 25, 2009 | 6:39 am
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Originally Posted by mecabq
Strange that they are not very up-front in saying that this flight is operated by another carrier. They have the usual asterisk saying that some flights may be operated by partners, which they usually use for United Express segments, but Aer Lingus is on the list.

I suppose that when one does an actual search, the results state that the flight offered is operated by Aer Lingus, but, still, I would expect a bit more clarity in the marketing.
I agree completely. I got very excited about this when I saw the Travelzoo email and the it took some digging to realize this was just the codeshare that had been discussed earlier. UA is really trying to hide the fact that they don't operate the route and should be more upfront about what is going on.
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