Misleading codeshares
 

I don't know if this is a general topic or applicable to only some airlines, so I am posting it here.

I just booked a one-way flight BOM-IST on Turkish Airlines (award ticket using United miles). When I got the e-mail confirmation, it said "operated by Jet Airways". I thought this was strange, because I normally check these things rather diligently, and I did not see any mention of this when booking.

Luckily, I still had the booking tab open on my browser. I went back to look at it, and it said "operated by 9W for Turkish Airlines". 9W is, of course, the code for Jet Airways.

I'm not really clear on this flight. What does "for Turkish Airlines" mean? Is it a codeshare, or something else? Is the plane going to say Turkish Airlines or Jet Airways? Who do I check in with?

I think Turkish has wet-leased aircraft from Jet. It is not a codeshare flight.

Checkin etc would be with Turkish, but it will be a Jet branded aircraft. Not sure if crew will be Turkish or Jet.

Misleading codeshares
 

It's this. Wet leased. It's not even a codeshare really. Jet does not serve IST, nor does it carry it's own flight number.

You won't really know it was Jet except for that message. Technically, they own the aircraft. But flown by Turkish crew, with Turkish service. Should be branded in TK livery. Mileage can be credited to TK or partners, and clearly as you've seen, redeemed on it. The plane will be configured differently than TKs own 777s, but that's about the only difference.

I'll actually be on this on this flight next week. In fact, I think the wording that it's operated by 9W is new-ish. I saw that too when booking through TK. But I was also on this flight a couple of years ago, though it was the wet-leased 330 at the time, and don't ever remember a word about 9W.

More info here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/turki...?highlight=jet