CO & BA
 

I couldn't find anything in the search.

I'm looking at flights to Cape Town in Jan from Newark. I figured I would see the SAA flights from London for the connection cuz of *A. Yet I also noticed, CO shows connections in LHR with BA. Just curious where this connection with CO and BA comes from, especially since BA is OneWorld and I don't see BA code share offered on any other routes. I'll go with SAA for the miles, but thought it was odd to see CO offering that option.

Depart:
10:10 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 7, 2011
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty) Arrive:
10:15 a.m. +1 Day
Sat., Jan. 8, 2011
London, England (LHR - Heathrow) Flight Time:
7 hr 5 mn OnePass Miles/
Elite Qualification*:
3,466 /100% Flight: CO114
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Fare Class: Economy (V)
Meal: Dinner
See On-Time Performance

CO114 EWR - LHR There is currently no on-time performance information available for this flight.
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Change Planes. Connect time in London, England (LHR - Heathrow) is 11 hours 35 minutes.
Depart:
9:50 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 8, 2011
London, England (LHR - Heathrow) Arrive:
11:40 a.m. +1 Day
Sun., Jan. 9, 2011
Cape Town ZA (CPT) Flight Time:
11 hr 50 mn

Travel Time:
30 hr 30 mn OnePass Miles/
Elite Qualification*:

Total Miles:
3,466 Flight: BA43
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
Fare Class: Economy (V)
Meal: Meal
No Special Meal Offered.
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BA43 LHR - CPT There is currently no on-time performance information available for this flight.
British Airways flight 43 operated by British Airways.

It has been the case for about 9 months now, CO will display flight from non partners in cases they cannot offer themselves. Yes SAA is a partner, but they are not integrated into the engine to this point it seems.

Also discussed here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...ritish+airways
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...ritish+airways
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...-july-aug.html.

SA definitely are integrated into the website for revenue bookings. I'm not sure why they don't appear on a EWR-LHR-CPT search, they appear if you search for JNB as the destination.

BA are shown as they are a valid carrier on this fare, as per the fare rules. You can confirm this on ITA, etc.

The CO website does not prioritise by alliance - it appears that it will by default show the flights in order of best fare and then connection time.