Originally Posted by
Chamor
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.
that’s rare. I had a flight issue on AA where incoming plane/ crew had a delayed start due to crew rest. I was going to miss connection in Charlotte. Thry had no later flight to rebook me on anywhere because this work travel was tied to a convention. I had to go thry my corporate TA to rebook me on a UA flight.
airlines very rarely rebook PAX on competing airlines.