Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You don’t actually need inter line agreements. SWA I have watched on several occasions move large blocks of passengers over to other airlines after a flight cancelation. The pick up the phone or walk over to other airlines and block the needed seats. They walk a check over to pay for the seats.
I’ve seen Spirit do that before. They aren’t against doing it. Problem is how do you rebook a canceled flight of 180 passengers on other airlines when those airlines are fully booked as well.
Preemptive cancelations are down today vs previous days. Hopefully they get it straight over the weekend