Originally Posted by
LegalTender
The interlining dividend kicks in during a system meltdown outage with 1800 flights cancelled. Giving away revenue to another airline in times of trouble is still done. An interline agreement doesn’t mean the airlines HAVE to accept passengers in all circumstances. In most cases, it should be found revenue.
That only works in the rare instances when a single airline has a problem. In a wide spread weather event pretty much every airline has issues interlining is of little value.
I am pretty underwelmed by the benefit of interlining. Back 50 years ago it was much more common because fares were regulated and the airlines cooperated much more.