southwest/airtran question`

[WINTER]

I booked a flight on Airtran through Southwest. When I go to the airport, who do I check in with? SW or Airtran?

 

[WINTER]

I booked a flight on Airtran through Southwest. When I go to the airport, who do I check in with? SW or Airtran?

surely someone here has flowen on Airtran through Southwest website?

 

[Sunshine25]

I haven't flown Airtran since before SW purchased it and at that time they had their own counter.
We flew SW in March and if memory serves, the SW counter is now also for Airtran passengers.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

surely someone here has flowen on Airtran through Southwest website?

You booked on Southwest, so you go to the Southwest counter.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Normally, when you buy a codeshare ticket, you would go to the counter of the airline OPERATING the flight.

For example, an American Airlines flight on an American Airlines aircraft departing from an American Airlines gate could also be a codeshare flight for a half dozen other airlines, each with with its own flight number for the same flight. However, the passenger would go to the American Airlines ticket counter -- even if, for example, the passenger bought it as a British Airways flight.

In the case of AirTran and Southwest, parent company Southwest has been consolidating the ticket counters and gates of the two brands, as it works toward the complete elimination of AirTran by the end of 2014. By now, Southwest and AirTran ticket counters should side-by-side at every airport that still has both brands (although there might be an exception somewhere).

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

You booked on Southwest, so you go to the Southwest counter.

This is not correct. You check in with the airline you are actually flying, which is AirTran. However, as noted, at the airport, they are now usually located with Southwest.

 

[DebbieB]

In Pittsburgh there's been a combined counter for at least 6 months, probably longer. The computer screens have both names on them.