Interlining baggage between SA airlink and ethiopian airlines
Mar 22, 2017, 4:26 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 30
Interlining baggage between SA airlink and ethiopian airlines
Hey all,
Question about an interlining possibility on separate tickets (perhaps this should be in a star alliance forum, but figure it would be more appropriate here). I will be in Africa this summer on holiday, will flights book through star alliance points. At the end of our safari we will depart SA to head to KGL via a connection in ADD. Our flight departs from JNB. However, I just booked the safari with an agent that involves a flight back to JNB from NLP (nelspruit) on south african airlink. Is there anyway that I can check my bags from NLP through KGL, even if they are on separate airlines and tickets? It would be perfect if we could, because we will have 7 hours to kill in JNB prior to the next flight and it would be super if we could leave the airport for dinner.
If we cannot interline, does anyone know how far in advance I can check the luggage in at JNB for the Ethiopian airlines flight? I know there is an airport luggage place at JNB, but was reading on other forums about thefts so really just don't want to deal with it there especially if I have other options.
While I am here, any suggestions on leaving the airport for dinner on a Wednesday? Flight lands at about 4:40pm. Our next flight will end up leaving near midnight. What time should I arrive back at the airport by?
Question about an interlining possibility on separate tickets (perhaps this should be in a star alliance forum, but figure it would be more appropriate here). I will be in Africa this summer on holiday, will flights book through star alliance points. At the end of our safari we will depart SA to head to KGL via a connection in ADD. Our flight departs from JNB. However, I just booked the safari with an agent that involves a flight back to JNB from NLP (nelspruit) on south african airlink. Is there anyway that I can check my bags from NLP through KGL, even if they are on separate airlines and tickets? It would be perfect if we could, because we will have 7 hours to kill in JNB prior to the next flight and it would be super if we could leave the airport for dinner.
If we cannot interline, does anyone know how far in advance I can check the luggage in at JNB for the Ethiopian airlines flight? I know there is an airport luggage place at JNB, but was reading on other forums about thefts so really just don't want to deal with it there especially if I have other options.
While I am here, any suggestions on leaving the airport for dinner on a Wednesday? Flight lands at about 4:40pm. Our next flight will end up leaving near midnight. What time should I arrive back at the airport by?
Mar 24, 2017, 7:14 am
#4
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: London, United Kingdom
Programs: British Airways Gold
Posts: 2,635
Firstly Airlink is not part of SAA or Star Alliance
Airlink also seems to have limited interline capabilities so particularly with two tickets I would plan on the basis that they can't and then be pleasantly surprised if they can
Airlink also seems to have limited interline capabilities so particularly with two tickets I would plan on the basis that they can't and then be pleasantly surprised if they can
Jun 29, 2017, 1:08 am
#7
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 30
So, I was able to get SA airline to interlink my bags through to my final destination on Ethiopian airlines. It did take quite a while (like 20 minutes) but she was able to do it. The bags went from Geiger on SA airline - JNB - ADD (Ethiopian) - KGL. The SA airline flight and Ethiopian flights were on separate tickets. If they say it can't be done it's not true. She basically created a custom "itinerary" of all the flights. All she really needed were my flight numbers and name.