CO/AC files codeshare with US DOT
Aug 27, 2009 | 4:52 pm
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Sure, but that's a big if, since this would be combining two fares to get to your destination instead of one (one UA fare for the UA segment, and an AC one for the AC segment). This would almost never be cheaper. Codesharing means the fare is done as a through fare from origin to destination.
I'm surprised the booking sites don't hide this from the passenger though. I would be a lot happier if I used expedia or kayak and it just showed me the logos and flight numbers of the actual operating company. Why do I need to know who's handling the money?
Aug 27, 2009 | 9:12 pm
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Aug 28, 2009 | 9:02 am
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This is the real answer to the original question. All the other answers about what it allows the airline to do that they couldn't do otherwise are clearly bogus rationalizations.
I'm surprised the booking sites don't hide this from the passenger though. I would be a lot happier if I used expedia or kayak and it just showed me the logos and flight numbers of the actual operating company. Why do I need to know who's handling the money?
I'm surprised the booking sites don't hide this from the passenger though. I would be a lot happier if I used expedia or kayak and it just showed me the logos and flight numbers of the actual operating company. Why do I need to know who's handling the money?
If you book yourself on an UA-operated, AC-codeshare flight, for example, AC still handles changes, etc. and that's who's fees get assessed for changes, etc. Orbitz can't go to UA to try and change your ticket. Just like if you booked it on AC.com, UA would only handle changes on the day of flight at the airport. That's probably a whole other can of worms, and additional set of costs those sites would have to deal with.
Mar 4, 2012 | 12:18 am
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Sorry for digging up a 2.5 year old thread. Does anyone know what is happening to these codeshares now that the systems intergration between UA and CO is complete?
Specifically I'm interested in the former CO coded flights operated by AC between YEG-YYC and YEG-YVR. IIRC CO did codeshare on these flights up to intergration day. I was hoping to take advantage of a few UA fares that allow routing via YYC/YVR. AFAIK the only UA codeshare flight operated by AC from YEG is one of the daily YEG-YYZ flights.
Specifically I'm interested in the former CO coded flights operated by AC between YEG-YYC and YEG-YVR. IIRC CO did codeshare on these flights up to intergration day. I was hoping to take advantage of a few UA fares that allow routing via YYC/YVR. AFAIK the only UA codeshare flight operated by AC from YEG is one of the daily YEG-YYZ flights.