What is interline itinerary?

Interlining, also known as interline ticketing and interline booking, is a voluntary commercial agreement between individual airlines to handle passengers traveling on itineraries that require multiple flights on multiple airlines. Airlines can also promise free rebooking if the connection is lost due to a delay.

Does Southwest have interline agreements?

No, Southwest does not have interline agreements so you would need to pick up your bags at baggage claim after your Southwest flight, then recheck your bags with the other airline. Being able to check bags through to your destination is one great benefit of flying an international carrier’s domestic partner.

Why do airlines interline?

Interline agreements were developed to provide convenience for customers who could only get to their destination via a connection using two different airlines. Agreements cover fares where both carriers agree to publish a fare from the origin to the final destination and then internally divide the revenue between them.

Do airlines combine flights?

It’s possible to buy flights from two different airlines when booking, just add each flight one at a time. i.e create a trip with two one-way flights instead of a return trip. Good to know: Two one-way flights with low-cost airlines usually come to the same price as a return flight with one of them.

What happens when airlines have interline agreements?

Interline agreements This type of agreement allows an airline to send its passengers onto the partnering airline, without requiring the passenger to re-claim their baggage or check-in again.

Does Southwest use other airlines?

No. Southwest is one of the few major airlines that doesn’t have any airline partners and isn’t part of any airline alliance. That also means it’s not possible to earn Rapid Rewards points when booking with another airline.

Can Southwest put you on another airline?

Cash refunds Airlines are not required to rebook passengers on another airline’s flight with available seats, according to the DOT, although they sometimes will and it’s definitely worth asking. Southwest Airlines has no change fees, although fare differences typically apply.

What airlines have interline agreements?

Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreements (IET)

• Aegean (A3) Air Lingus Irish (EI) Aeroflot (SU) Aerolineas Argentina (AR) AeroMexico (AM)
• China Southern (CZ) CityJet (WX) COPA (CM) Croatia Airlines (OU) CSA Czech (OK)
• Miat Mongolian (OM) Middle East Airlines (ME) Montenegro (YM) Olympic Airways (OA) Oman Aviation (WY)

When a flight is operated by another airline?

A codeshare flight is defined by the U.S. Department of Transportation as a “marketing arrangement in which an airline places its designator code on a flight operated by another airline, and sells tickets for that flight.” Simply put, airlines use codeshare flights to sell tickets to destinations they don’t actually …

Does Delta have interline agreements?

Delta has Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreements with the following carriers. Please note: New ticketing agreements may be added and current ticketing agreements may be discontinued without notice. Please check with your GDS help desk for assistance.