Originally Posted by
olouie
Had a flight booked on AA from SFO-SEA-LHR. The SFO-SEA was AA codeshare operated by AS. AA had a change to remove most of the codeshares from the day of travel, but AS is still flying the original flight. Now that AA has changed the schedule they are only offering changes to another codeshare flight which would mean either 12 hours layover or requirement to rebook SEA-LHR on a different day and lose the upgrade. Asked if they could just keep me on the original flight even though it isn't a codeshare anymore and agent said no. Is AA policy only to rebook on codeshare flights even if the originally booked flight on AS didnt change at all?
Definitely HUCUA. Booking back onto original flight as AS should be allowed since AS is OW.
Page 7
https://saleslink.aa.com/en-US/docum...ule_Change.pdf
May book AA*/oneworld flight or oneworld prime, maintaining same origin/destination, same ticketed inventory or equivalent RBD inventory for ticketed fare when booking oneworld prime
The preference for rebooking is AA marketed/operated, AA marketed operated by joint business partners (AY/BA/IB/JK/QF), followed by AA marketed/OW operated and then OW marketed/operated. Sounds like AS flight would be least preferred.
Same policy applies regardless of whether change is less or in excess of 4 hours (page 5).