American Airlines flight 7525, Alaska Airlines 3456 and Delta 9257 all have something in common. All three airlines fly from Portland to Burbank and all three are the very same flight. This is what is known as codeshare. A codeshare agreement, sometimes simply codeshare, is an aviation business arrangement where two or more airlines share the same flight. A seat can be purchased on one airline but is actually operated by a cooperating airline under a different flight number or code. Why is this important? I picked a random date in the future, May 12th, and checked the prices that all three airlines offered a ticket from Portland to Burbank. Now remember this is the very same flight for all three airlines. Below are the prices showing on each airline's respective website:
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| AMERICAN PRICE= $318 |
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| DELTA PRICE=$117.90 |
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| ALASKA PRICE=$117.90 Do you want to pay $318 when you book on the American website or $118 when you book on the Alaska or Delta website to fly on the same plane? Moral of the story-do your homework. |
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