Code Shares and ticket prices
Logic would dictate that when Continental sells the seat on the United flight, as it is United that is eventually getting paid for the seat, the price charged by Continental for the ticket should be pretty much the same as the price United would charge. … Conversely, on a Washington Dulles (IAD) to New Delhi (DEL) trip, there is a Continental operated flight that Continental is selling for $1,382 and United is selling the same flights as a code share for $1,262.