DL and AA No More Interline Agreement; Then Interline Agreement Returns January 2018
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DL and AA No More Interline Agreement; Then Interline Agreement Returns January 2018
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...greement.html/
Effective on 15 September AA and DL will no longer interline with each other. This also means that the two carriers will also no longer protect the other's passengers in the event of IRROPS.
Effective on 15 September AA and DL will no longer interline with each other. This also means that the two carriers will also no longer protect the other's passengers in the event of IRROPS.
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There is talk that AA may revive their interline agreement with jetBlue and potentially even start one with Southwest. DL may be reliable on most days but you never know what the future can hold and there surely will come a day when DL computers go down or there is a storm somewhere which impacts DL greater than other carriers and they will be stuck.
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Anecdotal: In my last 500 or so DL flights, I've only been rebooked on pmUS once, because they had a non-stop PIT-RDU. Generally I'd prefer to stay on DL, but of course there are some times where OA makes better sense.
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If I am reading this and other forums correctly, DL can still send passengers on to UA, (if I am wrong, somebody please correct me). Time will tell how this plays out, but currently DL is making AA look good during IROPS, and DL is saying no more.
Again time will tell how this affects both DL and AA.
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In thinking about this for the last hour, I must admit it does make sense what DL is doing...total sense. I agree with the above poster.
If I am reading this and other forums correctly, DL can still send passengers on to UA, (if I am wrong, somebody please correct me). Time will tell how this plays out, but currently DL is making AA look good during IROPS, and DL is saying no more.
Again time will tell how this affects both DL and AA.
If I am reading this and other forums correctly, DL can still send passengers on to UA, (if I am wrong, somebody please correct me). Time will tell how this plays out, but currently DL is making AA look good during IROPS, and DL is saying no more.
Again time will tell how this affects both DL and AA.
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This is huge, and impacts both AA and DL negatively. If I wanted to fly on a reliable airline that works great most of the time, but leaves me SOL when things go south, I'd fly WN. The advantage I always site to my penny-pinching colleagues about flying the majors is the interline agreements that save your bacon in IRROPS. DL and AA not playing nice all of a sudden leaves UA leading the pack in something.
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I just skimmed through the thread on this on airliners.net. The issue seems to be that DL had asked for more money to renew the interline agreement with AA, at a time when all interline agreements were being renegotiated. In IROPs, the airline in difficulty basically grabs seat inventory on another carrier at the agreed discounted price. Since AA was sending more IROPed passengers to DL than DL was sending to AA, DL wanted AA to pay more for the service. AA refused and hence the interline agreement between DL and AA is ending.
It's generally unfortunate for passengers, but I can understand DL's viewpoint that it shouldn't essentially be subsidizing AA on average in IROPs.
It's generally unfortunate for passengers, but I can understand DL's viewpoint that it shouldn't essentially be subsidizing AA on average in IROPs.
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From several friends who work in revenue management at a US carrier, rebooking pax onto OAL during IRROPS is very, very expensive. Not full Y fare (it is discounted from that) but certainly not some kind of bargain basement price.
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I think a lot of posters seem to believe that these agreements provide for carriers rebooking pax at very cheap rates.
From several friends who work in revenue management at a US carrier, rebooking pax onto OAL during IRROPS is very, very expensive. Not full Y fare (it is discounted from that) but certainly not some kind of bargain basement price.
From several friends who work in revenue management at a US carrier, rebooking pax onto OAL during IRROPS is very, very expensive. Not full Y fare (it is discounted from that) but certainly not some kind of bargain basement price.