Originally Posted by
FormerLurker
What probably happened is that UA offered an EDG on that route that is the same as US's YCA. When your fare mapped over to UA, UA "corrected" it to its government fare. Had you flown your YCA on US metal, UA wouldn't have known anything other than US reported a Y, so you get your Y.
That's not it. I called my travel agent and they confirmed that it was booked in a Y basis on UA as well. Like I said before, I've done this many times and never once had this happen.
Originally Posted by
FormerLurker
For what it's worth - unless the rules have changed recently (which is certainly possible) - domestic codeshares on YCA fares haven't been allowed for a while. You may have gotten lucky with that particular route's routing rules or maybe someone forced the fare, but for most routes I've seen the contract carrier's fare rules specifically require flying their metal domestically. I wonder if the booking system you used saw the US/UA codeshare number as USExpress instead of UA? Just a thought.
I've done numerous domestic codeshares on YCA flights over the past several years and all of the flights booked as YCA on the contract carrier were also booked as Y on the operating carrier. It is possible that it's route specific, but I know it's not dependent on mainline vs. express since I've done both and never had a problem. Also, if they booked as a lower fare on the contract carrier, they booked as the same fare basis on the operating carrier (eg. TCA fare always booked as a T fare, etc.).
As an update, I called MP C/S and the agent immediately saw that it should be corrected in my MP account and did so. Now at least my EQMs are correct, but I'm still annoyed about the e-receipt being wrong.