Originally Posted by
Globaliser
I'm not sure I'm following this. If QF sells a non-JSA flight operated by BA, it takes 100% of the ticket price from the passenger and it's the contracting airline in relation to the passenger. But QF must pay BA for carrying the passenger; BA won't be doing it for free!
QF takes a cut (often >50%!) and BA would prefer to get that money, hence doing its best to make life difficult for codeshare pax, to encourage them to buy BA next time. Quite interesting how the codeshare relationship varies from airline to airline, some are friendly (even to the point of having superior service for the codeshare!) while others are hostile, and BA seems to be mostly in the latter. Quite strange given the close relationship between BA and QF, even close to controlling equity ownership in the past. Maybe the CEO of BA doesn't like the CEO of QF for some strange reason
