Originally Posted by
pandaperth
I have recently completed three AA-marketed segments on my current RTW ticket (a DGLOB34)
- plated on AA
- 1st AA-marketed, AT-operated
- 2nd and 3rd AA-marketed and AA-operated
All have posted under the Distance Method, which is what I hoped for but didn't expect,
because last year my three AA-marketed and AA-operated segments on my UL-plated DONE4 posted under the Fare Method.
It's great when AA RTW flights post as distance, but as you suggest, we can't count on it. Personally, I didn't want to risk it, so in my current RTW, I booked the AA flights between the U.S. and Canada as AS codes. I couldn't book an AA transcon as a codeshare, so I credited that to QR. (Interestingly, now that I've flown the last AA-operated flight, the Sabre PNR is frozen. There were schedule changes that caused a re-route, none of which is shown when I look at the itinerary on AA.)