Codeshare IRROPs question with separate tickets
 

Hi All,

Thinking of booking the following- YYZ-JFK-MXP-AUH on an AA ticket, and AUH-KHI on a separate EY ticket (saves about $550) in January. I could book the entire flight cheaper on an EY ticket but I want the AA EQMs and RDMs.

The last segment on the AA ticket (MXP-AUH) is an EY codeshare, and is on EY metal.

In the event that MXP-AUH is delayed, would EY protect me for the AUH-KHI leg, given that the delay was on their own metal?

I'm considering booking the same itinerary (KHI-AUH-MXP-JFK) on the return so it applies both ways.

If it helps, I have both AA EXP and EY Gold.

This is probably a question better asked for EY, as it depends on EY's policies not AA's.

If this was all on AA metal (or connecting to/from a oneworld carrier), then yes AA would protect on the separate itineraries. But EY isn't a oneworld carrier so wouldn't be covered by that policy.

I understand that, and have no doubt that if it was an EY to EY ticket, it would be protected too.

It's the combination of EY metal on AA ticket, to EY ticket, that has me wondering.

It is definitely a question for EY. Because it is on separate tickets and not a OW connection, you shouldn't expect AA to do anything for you. This applies in both directions - you are connecting to a non-OW flight on the way out, and from a non-OW flight on the return. They may do something in benevolence, but don't count on it.

What happens in a scenario where KHI-AUH is delayed, causing a misconnect for AUH-MXP, and therefore also a misconnect for MXP-JFK?

The first leg would be a separate ticket but would be EY-EY, and the second leg would be EY-AA but on the same ticket.

Except where an airline has a listed policy ( e.g. AA in regards to OW connections ) , assume that you will be on your own and be liable for any change fees/no show fees/ buying a new ticket if unchangeable that become applicable

EY can't just send you to MXP independently of the AA reservation, otherwise you've no-showed - that KHI-AUH segment would need to be disposed of somehow. And if they do start tinkering with the AA reservation, they need to ensure it is done properly (i.e. without misconnects).

You should be aware that one solution for them is to fly you from AUH to North America directly. In that case (and I'd guess that is what happens most of the time), probably no AA codeshare and no EQM for you unless you try and get ORC, which would be an interesting exercise given there are no documented IRROPS on your AA ticket.