Originally Posted by
Himeno
Most likely reason is that the intercontinental segments are worth more of the ticket cut then the intracontinental segments. (eg, the cut of the ticket price paid out to each airline for a JFK-LHR is more then a BOS-LAX flight)
Yes, I agree
but this brought to mind our experience two years ago:
- used the AA RTW desk to set up our ex-KRT DONE4 tickets
- paid for them through a Canadian travel agent (all-in cost under USD4000 each)
- the only AA flight on the itinerary was its codeshare on RJ's AMM-JFK flight
- just a few weeks later, there was a schedule change
- and when AA changed the ticket, it quietly moved us off the AA codeshare onto the RJ marketed for that flight
- I guess AA realised just how little it was going to make off that flight
- so we ended up with the ticket on AA stock, with
no AA segments at all!