Originally Posted by
Often1
IATA convention allows 72 hours for the non-ticketing carrier to confirm (or not) space. For whatever reason, some European carriers tend to take the full 72 hours. If you want to kick the can, try calling LX and asking them to confirm.
I called LX and was told, very politely, that they would expedite ticketing confirmation only if United contacted them directly.
I then talked to United reservations, and was told a lot less politely, that there was nothing they could/would do before 24 hour had passed since the booking. The agent also insisted that the booking would *never* ticket automatically because the credit card info that I typed in at booking was not retained with the file in cases of code-share confirmations from partner airlines(!) She put me on hold for 10 minutes to call the web-support desk and confirm this.
It sounds like SHARES has little functionality when it comes to advancing code-share bookings with international carriers in less than 24 hours.
Anyone had better experience with such a process?