Originally Posted by
raehl311
One other thought: UA may train their agents to push callers to book on UA metal.
"You want to go to Amsterdam via Lisbon? Well we can get you there through Newark entirely on UA planes..."
This has generally been my experience when trying to book something with a partner airline. I remember one time back in the days of BusinessFirst on CO, being asked a number of times why I wanted to fly X airline business class when CO offers BusinessFirst which is a higher class of service.