Originally Posted by
mark75
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Originally Posted by
mark75
Yes, we would have arrived on time in London with the IB routing
So delay compensation from UX is out.
Originally Posted by
mark75
... our counterargument is that Iberia is the marketing (selling) party and accepted the FIM booking by AirEuropa and issued the boarding passes. Therefore they are as much at fault for their reason given as IB staff didn't spot the error either.
Originally Posted by
abeyro
... it seems all IB can do with code-shared flights is just selling tickets and BA retains the right to accept them or not, on the grounds that the particular flight is their metal. Ridiculous.
Whether UX has or don't have a standing agreement with BA is irrelevant as it was IB's ticket (as they accepted UX's FIM). And IB has all sorts of guaranteed payment agreements with BA, don't they?
I agree with this analysis. IB was the marketing, selling, ticketing company and issued you boarding passes for the entire journey (I hope you have some sort of copy of such BPs). Clearly IB and BA have a payment arrangement in place since they codeshare, not to mention they are now owned by the same parent company!
I would get as much information from IB as possible - ticket numbers, copies of itineraries, copies of BPs, etc. for BOTH the original IB/BA itin and the final IB-only itin. This will help you with the authorities.
From what I understand, you'll need to contact the Spanish regulatory body for such infractions. The list of such bodies can be found at
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/passen...ent_bodies.pdf.