New User saying hello & BA/AA Codesharing?!!
Feb 14, 2010 | 9:24 am
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New User saying hello & BA/AA Codesharing?!!
Hi,
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
Feb 14, 2010 | 9:33 am
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Hi,
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
So ...? I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
So ...? I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
Why don't you check the flight number/date? It might be on AA or it might be on BA. Depending on the flight number it could be either.
Feb 14, 2010 | 9:38 am
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Feb 14, 2010 | 9:48 am
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No. A codeshare will still give you a BA flight number even if operated by AA. You should look up your flight on Orbitz or something using the dates you will travel as a dummy booking to see who will be operating your flight. In late March I have found both operated by BA and operated by AA flights.
Feb 14, 2010 | 10:02 am
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BA 0294 and BA 0295 for my dates are both BA operated flights as per the OneWorld website (*phew*). There are other flights on the same day that are AA/BA codeshare operated by AA, but thankfully not mine.
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Feb 14, 2010 | 1:26 pm
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Most airlines assign code-share flight numbers from a different series than their own operated flights. If an AA flight number is below 3000, it's not a code-share. BA code-shares are numbered in the 6000s.
I suspect BA has a similar coding. I don't know exactly what it is, but assigning lower numbers to an airline's own flights is the usual practice. In any case, it's not a secret.
I suspect BA has a similar coding. I don't know exactly what it is, but assigning lower numbers to an airline's own flights is the usual practice. In any case, it's not a secret.
Feb 14, 2010 | 1:30 pm
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For the present, let me move this to our OneWorld forum as it appears that the OP's flights are on one or another OW carrier. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.
Feb 14, 2010 | 7:29 pm
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Hi,
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
New user but sometime lurker saying hello! I was finally convinced to sign up after hearing the terrible news about the BA/AA UA-UK Codesharing.
Does anyone have more detail about when this might take effect and what routes? I fly BA from Chicago to London frequently (4-5 times in 2009) and the only reason I fly BA is because its NOT a US airline which have terrible flights - terrible service, old planes, crappy food, etc. Also BA has to provide my connecting flight to the Middle East.
I'm flying in late March, is my BA ticket still going to be on a BA flight?
Firstly, you will always be able to know who actually operates the flight, no matter what the marketing carrier was (= the flight number).
Secondly, have you ever flown AA long haul? They are actually quite pleasant often operating planes which are younger than what BA puts in the air. So it might not be as bad as you fear.
Feb 15, 2010 | 1:24 am
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Feb 15, 2010 | 4:05 pm
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The anti-trust immunity and expanded codesharing are not a merger, so the two carriers will retain their separate identity; they'll be sharing revenue and coordinating schedules on trans-atlatic flights.