Originally Posted by
rankourabu
They are the ones issuing/validating the ticket (014).
Even AC admitted scamcharges are going to ticketing carrier.
They requested them to be collected by Aeroplan - the likelihood of other airlines requesting these (via AC - the ticketing carrier) is slim, or they would have requested them out of UA/US as well. There is no way that other carriers told UA/US to collect scamcharges, and those ticket issuers are eating the charges. Only one logical conclusion - either AC is unique in the request by other airlines, or there was no such request at all by those other airlines, and AC is pocketing the money.
Well, at least in theory... the actual carrier is selling the miles back to AP for some price. Imagine for a moment that UA says to LH "When you take a passenger flying on United miles from IAD to FRA, we'll give you 1.2 cents per mile that you collect" but AP says "When you take a passenger flying an Aeroscam miles from IAD to FRA, we'll give you 0.7 cents per mile that you collect." LH might say "OK but for that price, we want YQ." We're all aware of course that "fuel surcharges" have as much to do with the actual cost of fuel as they do with the mating habits of penguins.