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Old Feb 13, 2016, 8:41 pm
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Checked bag issue?
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I just flew from phx - yvr (biz) and then i fly from yvr - ylw tomorrow (booked in tango). My assumption was that because my connecting flight is within 24 hours, i would not have to pay bag fees for the yvr - ylw flight? When i go to check in for the flight tomorrow it tries to charge me, is this correct or should i get a free bag?

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Old Feb 13, 2016, 8:47 pm
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How does business class end up connecting to Tango?
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
How does business class end up connecting to Tango?
Separate tix? ACV + eUps?
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Old Feb 13, 2016, 10:34 pm
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Originally Posted by pewpew
Separate tix? ACV + eUps?
Separate tickets would mean it's not a "connection".

eUps would imply status which would imply no bag fees anyway.
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Old Feb 13, 2016, 10:53 pm
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How does business class end up connecting to Tango?
When the connecting flight has no J. Dash-8 or sold out.
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Old Feb 13, 2016, 11:42 pm
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It was booked using multi city but with less than a 24 hour connection.

Aircraft has no biz
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Old Feb 14, 2016, 1:19 am
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Originally Posted by Dixon.ianj
It was booked using multi city but with less than a 24 hour connection.

Aircraft has no biz
I think it would be based on your "fare code". However in N.America- I don't think you get 24 hours for connection so I would expect the fare has been split. Perhaps what I would ask is to ensure it is tagged through. That may be possible - you may even get your connecting boarding pass - then you can pick up the bags in Vancouver to clear customers anyway.
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Old Feb 14, 2016, 9:39 am
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Originally Posted by Dixon.ianj
Hello,

I just flew from phx - yvr (biz) and then i fly from yvr - ylw tomorrow (booked in tango). My assumption was that because my connecting flight is within 24 hours, i would not have to pay bag fees for the yvr - ylw flight? When i go to check in for the flight tomorrow it tries to charge me, is this correct or should i get a free bag?

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I would think you will be charged for checked baggage out of YVR. It sounds like you are not booked on a X ticket for your connection because of the class change. Therefore, your connection sounds like to separate tickets, which is not truly a connection, but a stop.
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Originally Posted by nihonto
When the connecting flight has no J. Dash-8 or sold out.
If you on flying on the J ticket, and your connecting flight has no J, you will not be put into tango class.
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Old Feb 14, 2016, 10:00 am
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We bought J ticket with 2 segments. On the segment without J the ticket says we will be in Y. We did have choice of priority seats, same baggage rules etc.
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Your service is not connecting hence, may be subject to applicable bag fee. A connection within North Anerica allows 4hrs, with only certain overnight (last-in/first-out) exceptions.
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Originally Posted by Northern Canuck
We bought J ticket with 2 segments. On the segment without J the ticket says we will be in Y. We did have choice of priority seats, same baggage rules etc.
Originally Posted by californiadreamin'
Your service is not connecting hence, may be subject to applicable bag fee. A connection within North Anerica allows 4hrs, with only certain overnight (last-in/first-out) exceptions.
Actually, it sounds like this was a single fare rather than a split fare, so it may indeed be the case that OP will get the baggage waiver, but that would be done by the agent at check-in, not online. So, don't prepay
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Originally Posted by nihonto
When the connecting flight has no J. Dash-8 or sold out.
Originally Posted by pewpew
Actually, it sounds like this was a single fare rather than a split fare, so it may indeed be the case that OP will get the baggage waiver, but that would be done by the agent at check-in, not online. So, don't prepay
I have never seen a J fare that books in Tango for the connecting no-J flights.

I've seen cheap P fares book into V, but even that was a rare anomaly.

It's usually Y.

That's why I don't think it's a "connection".
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Originally Posted by Dixon.ianj
It was booked using multi city but with less than a 24 hour connection.

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North American connections are 4 hrs, or last flight in / first flight out...

Assuming you came in on AC1841 (only direct flight from PHX - YVR that I could find on AC on Feb 13), the last flight you could have taken was AC8418 on Feb 13 for it to count as a connection...

I've run into this issue before when booking LAX - YVR - YYJ. My LAX-YVR flight lands around 8pm, and if I want to avoid it pricing as 2 segments, the latest flight I can take on YVR - YYJ is AC8087 at 23:30 the same day.
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Old Feb 14, 2016, 3:07 pm
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Originally Posted by pewpew
Actually, it sounds like this was a single fare rather than a split fare, so it may indeed be the case that OP will get the baggage waiver, but that would be done by the agent at check-in, not online. So, don't prepay
It can't be a single fare, because the fare classes are different on each flight.
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