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Jan 22, 2016 | 8:41 am

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Here's an example BA codeshare flight - IME, all BA operated by AA domestic flights are coded this way:

Code:

RP/JAXBA080F/
  1  BA1951 Y 15NOV 2 JAXMIA HK1  0500 0619  15NOV  E  0 ER4
     OPERATED BY SUBSIDIARY/FRANCHISE
     SEE RTSVC - TRAFFIC RESTRICTION EXISTS

>RTSVC

RP/JAXBA080F/
 * AMADEUS FLIGHT INFO *
   BA1951  Y  JAXMIA    ER4           0
COMMERCIAL DUPLICATE - OPERATED BY
ENVOY AIR AS AMERICAN EAGLE FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES
AIRCRAFT OWNER ENVOY AIR
Q/ INTL ONLINE CONNECTING OR STOPOVR TRAFFIC ONLY
OPERATIONAL LEG AA 3358
  9/ NON-SMOKING

When an Amadeus agent books a codeshare flight with traffic restrictions, they'll get the prompt to SEE RTSVC. Checking RTSVC displays that these flights are valid for INTL ONLINE CONNECTING OR STOPOVR TRAFFIC ONLY, meaning they may be booked with or without connections - as long as there is an international BA coded flight into or out of the country (doesn't have to be both). With non-RTW fares, the codeshares work up until the fare break point, as BA don't have fares filed for US domestic legs. Since the RTW is a through fare, there is no break point, so there isn't anything I can think of that would prevent you using BA flight numbers up until the point that one doesn't exist, meaning until you need to book AA because there is no BA code (or availability on the BA code), all flights up until then can be BA. Once you have to switch to AA, you break the online connection/stopover traffic thread, and all subsequent flights would need to be on the AA code or codeshare of the airline you use to leave N America, if those codeshares exist/are more favourable.

Whew.

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