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Dec 3, 2018 | 4:05 pm

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Originally Posted by WaytoomuchEurope

Is there a trick to getting the native flight number booked through AC?

Thanks. BTW - you're one of the people I'm sure I've seen likes to avoid codeshares.

Call in or use ITA-Matrix-PowerTools - Userscript for Orbitz/DL/UA/AA/BA/CZ/IB/LA/LH/LX/TK or some other means of deeplinking into AC's booking engine.

I generally avoid codeshares unless it seems irrelevant.

I bought MUC-YYZ-SFO-YYZ-MUC on United.com, 016 ticket, all UA flight numbers, but all operated by AC. So I earned AQD on everything, and since it was paid J, I was still able to access the Signature Suite, exercise free SDC on the North American segments, etc.

I also booked a couple YYZ-SFO segments through UA, but again, all AC-operated, and paid J.

The upside is generally "price" or "ease of booking".

But if I can book the native flight numbers (by calling in, or using the powertools script), I absolutely will.

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