When a U.S. airline and its foreign partner each sell seats on the same flight, it's called hotels vancouver downtown a "code share." The result is that passengers are ping-ponged back and forth between the two airlines whenever any problem crops up, as problems often do when flying. One carrier's rules about carry-on luggage, for instance, could be substantially different, but it's the rules of the airline operating the flight that apply.
For example, reader " bethpikegirl " has commented about her code share problem: "On a recent flight to Mexico, we were scheduled on AeroMexico through Delta. I thought we were on a Delta flight because that's who I bought the ticket hotels vancouver downtown from, and I didn't have the right flight numbers or airline when I arrived at the airport looking at the terminal screens. At first I thought we were not even confirmed as no one at Delta could find us in the system. hotels vancouver downtown It worked out, though, once we figured out which airline we were booked on."
For questions about re-ticketing flights... ask the airline or travel hotels vancouver downtown agency that sold you the ticket. In other words, if your flight is cancelled and needs to be rebooked, it's the airline you bought hotels vancouver downtown the ticket hotels vancouver downtown from that you need to call.
For earning frequent-flier mileage credit... contact hotels vancouver downtown the airline that sold you the ticket. Be aware that the frequent-flier situation can become a nightmare if the operating airline is not part of the same alliance as the ticket-selling airline. For example, Star Alliance frequent-flier programs often do not count the codeshare flight toward status, unless the operating airline belongs to the alliance. If you instead want to redeem frequent flier miles for an upgrade and if the airline isn't helpful, contact a fee-based service, like BookYourAward.com , which knows the techniques necessary to make such a award redemption.
For buying tickets in the first place... know that searching for tickets through an online travel site or a metasearch site like Kayak or Hipmunk makes more sense than using a single airline's site because the bigger sites offer a wider array of pricing on the same code share tickets. Case in point: the same U.S. Mexico flight could cost hundreds of dollars less through United than through American Airlines, but if you're shopping only on one airline's site you wouldn't see the cheaper fare for the same flight that's available elsewhere.
You can learn more about the problems with code share by reading Brett Snyder's authoritative post on The Cranky Flier blog: " Why code sharing provides no benefit to the traveler ," along with a related discussion by experienced travelers in the Airliners.net forum .
October 2012 September hotels vancouver downtown 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January hotels vancouver downtown 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007
No comments:
Post a Comment