Codeshare booking question...
 

Hi There,

Well, its been a while since I've asked one of these silly questions but I have to admit, I've really been getting steamed lately.

I have been purchasing tickets from ac.com for YOW to a US destination. They offer me a route going through ORD with the final leg from ORD being a codeshare.

Although I've been booking the flights 2 - 3 weeks in advance with my AC*SE number in the reservation been placed in middle seats, non-economy plus, and yesterday to top it all off, was put on standby. If I look on United.com and try to book the same flights I can pick seats and be done with it. I only have to worry about the AC leg of the flight.

When does the ticketing airline notify the codeshare airline that they have sold a ticket on the flight and when are the seats assigned for it?

Thanks.

B

Don't sweat it... typical quirks and inefficiencies of the *A network.

When booked on AC stock with UA metal, just call UA up (we *G's can use the Prem Exec number instead of the Joe Basic MP number):

1) They can pull up your flight info by just telling them the times/dates/flights/yourname;
2) They can provide you with an equivalent UA locator although AC stock ^;
3) You can request a E+ seat;
4) You can even get the UA itinerary version emailed to you even though it's not even UA stock!

I do this all the time no problemo.

Oh, and there have been other threads too on this.. you just need to do a FT search within the AE/AC forum..

Blain, ygpm.

Thanks.. got the mail...

I guess my concern is that all I simply did was go to UA.com and start booking flights there and so UA gets the lions share of the revenue and AC just gets the codeshare components for their flights... backwards way of doing things but AC only does RJ between YOW-ORD so its no loss to me regardless...

I just think its a kick in the revenue b@lls to AC as instead of making another call, I just get my tickets from UA.

B

Oh I agree.
I confess... once in awhile I book UA stock so I can actually fly real planes :)