The Hidden Perils of Code-Sharing

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The practice of one airline selling seats on another carrier's planes with its own flight numbers has been around for years, and many travelers are familiar with the term "code-sharing." Yet even experienced fliers continue to be surprised by what amounts to false advertising.

It's holiday time, and I'd love to write columns about how seamless and hassle-free travel is - which is true for me in most cases - but I keep hearing from readers about questionable airline behavior. In the latest example, LACSA, Costa Rica's national airline, may have misled some customers.

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The Hidden Perils of Code-Sharing

Lance Cygielman, a travel agent from Jackson Hole, Wyo., wrote me after reading my column about British Airways' refusal to honor fares from the United States to India it said had been published by ...

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