Code-share on reroute
 

In my earlier experience, I always got non-shared codes when getting rebooked for involuntary reroute. It was nice getting rerouted in from LH onto AY Y, or from AA O to AY I :D

But last time, I went from AA-coded LAX-LHR-HEL (on BA-AY), to LAX-JFK-HEL (obviously on AA-AY) also AA-coded :( AY Y would have earned 15,000 points instead of ~6600 :rolleyes:

Is this how AA does it??

Many years ago, I was ticketed to fly AY HEL-JFK. Due to cxl, AY rerouted me AY HEL-LHR and AA-operated but AY flight number LHR-JFK. So it does happen.

As far as I am aware, ORC is not possible here, as the ticket was issued and the flights marketed by AA. (And FWIW, it was BA that screwed up.) In this case, the difference from ORC to reroute is only minus twentyish points anyway.

I read the post a bit carelessly, sorry for that.

I agree, most airlines will prefer re-routing to their own inventory in case of missed connections, as it is probably better for themselves financially. This may result in better or worse earnings compared to the original ticket. I remember a case from my own history where a transatlantic flight, operated by AA but ticketed as AY caused problems at check-in, as AA was for some reason unable to check me in at all. They had to reissue the ticket under AA code, which caused a substantial loss of points. This was fixed by AY+ later.