Originally Posted by
CoHiba Gent
Joe,
These are two separate NPR/Tickets. One is paid on DL through DL. The other is an award reservation through Virgin.
I was assuming that DL had an interline agreement with Virgin regardless of one NPR or two.
Right, considering these are 2 separate tickets booked on 2 separate airlines. Despite the interline agreement, DL will not be able to pull up the VS reservation in TPA.
It may be possible to have the bags manually tagged, but I wouldn't count on them being tagged TPA-LHR honestly. The only way this would happen if both separate tickets were purchased from DL using the DL flight numbers for the VS segment. Since the VS segment was bought from VS and the DL segment from DL, there will be a slim, if no chance of this happening.
Also, VS is just a DL partner. They are not part of Skyteam. If they were part of Skyteam, this may be more possible.
Suggestion: Get to the airport an extra 30-45 minutes prior to when you usually would and see if they can make something happen. It may take a call to the help desk or a manager to force the bags, but it may be possible if you show all of your boarding passes.