Originally Posted by
Calchas
Would AA really leave you stranded in the case of IRROPS? I would be surprised if the average AA airport staffer trying to get a plane full of passengers rebooked would notice that and know the AA interpretation of the xONEx backtracking rules.
My experience is that once the ticket is issued, all One World carriers will honor it even if it does not comply with the fare rules (or the operating carrier's interpretation of the rules). Any other outcome would require each operating carrier to revalidate the ticket against the fare rules; and I just don't see that as a realistic possibility.
Of course what goes on between issuing and operating carriers behind the scenes and after the fact is anyone's guess.