From: "Blaine Thompson" <blaine@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:57 PM > On 1/1/1989, a friend was moved off AA - ROC-ORD-LAS because of nasty > weather in ORD. He was rerouted on Eastern ROC-ATL, then to Delta > ATL-MSY-DFW-LAS (All same plane/flight number). Any idea why this was > done? My airline memory doesn't stretch that far, but from what I > read, Eastern and Delta weren't the best of friends, and American > wasn't thrilled with either, so why did they push him onto that > strange itinerary? If it matters, it was a Sunday. > My guess is that alternate routings, like fares, are a mystery no one, even in the industry, understands or can predict. Certainly the "friendliness" wouldn't have anything to do with it. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://www.wilowud.net/ http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html