In this paper we give a characterization of the pairs of weights $(\w,v)$ such that $T$ maps $L^p(v)$ into $L^q(\w)$, where $T$ is a general one-sided operator that includes as a particular case the Weyl fractional integral. As an application we solve the following problem: given a weight $v$, when is there a nontrivial weight $\w$ such that $T$ maps $L^p(v)$ into $L^q(\w )$?