Originally Posted by
kop84
When you are off-lined the price the airline pays they other airline is not displayed. I would imagine that it's all tallied up on a monthly/quarterly type basis.
In my recent UA>DL experience, the ticket price did show up when it posted to my DL account since that's how DL awards miles these days. It was about double the cost of what I paid UA for the segment in the first place.
I suppose if there is a fixed, agreed-upon interline price of some sort then it all comes down to averages - some will be higher and some lower. And that is the matter that the two sides have to negotiate and agree upon (or not in this case).