Originally Posted by
Koru Flyer
Dave, it is an interesting one, which is why I suggested to go to the BA forum. Lots of actual and deep experience over there, and whether to go to MCOL etc. if EU261 was as simple to get around as to have tickets issued by other carriers, I am sure we would have seen some creative solutions by airlines ;-)
let’s let the Op play it out and see where it ends up rather than armchair quarterback it.
a ticket being issued on another carrier's stock does not get around EC261. The issue here was that the ticket had neither been reissued nor revalidated
QF is only a travel agent in this situation. If, for example, this was a situaiton where a ticket was sold by Amex travel (for example) but after a requested change Amex didn't reissue the ticket, it wouldn't be liable under EC261 nor would the operating carrier