Originally Posted by
jjbiv
Do you find that other airlines are willing to put you on another carrier in practice? It's nice that they have the agreements but they seem to be very seldom used. Perhaps in a controllable delay or cancelation where another carrier had seats available but your carrier did not, they would consider it if you pressed the issue or if you had status with the airline. This seems like a pretty rare combination of circumstances.
Yes, I do find that other airlines are willing to put me on other carriers, if they cannot accommodate me on their own flights -- especially if I know a specific flight that has availability, so that they don't have to do the research. It does not happen all that often, but a few weeks ago AA cancelled a flight (purportedly for weather reasons), and when they could not accommodate me on any other AA flight, they agreed to put me on a UA flight.