Originally Posted by
njcommodore
I'm surprised this was the case. I read on
CO's website that SDC was only available for CO metal flights. Last week I flew SFO-PHL on a CO codeshare (UA metal) and fortunately the UA ticket agent let me SDC without the UA $50 fee.
There seems to be a bug in the CO implementation where it is permissible on any CO-coded flights, not just CO-code AND metal flights. Or maybe they did it on purpose, but it seems like it is a bug given what they stated as policy.