Interline Baggage Agreement
 

Does AA have interline baggage agreement with Lufthansa? I will be traveling CCU-FRA-DFW. The segment between CCU-FRA is operated by LH. The flight between FRA-DFW is by AA. I bought this ticket via Orbitz. Do I have to collect my luggage at FRA?

Good question... google doesn't turn up anything useful. (Actually, it turns up this post :))

The wiki claims that AA can check bags to LH, but I don't know if that works in reverse or not. Here's the link:

http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index...s_and_BPs_(AA)

Yes they do interline with LH. Done it both ways from AA to LH and the reverse many times. Bags made it every time. Will need a copy of both itineraries at check-in. They can't check you in for the other flight segment.

No need to collect bags at FRA; they're checked through

Straight for AA itself:

http://www.aa.com/content/agency/Boo...icketing.jhtml

I see evidence of interline e-ticketing agreements, but not of interline baggage agreements. Do you suggest this is the same thing?

You CAN check bags through with AA / Lufthansa

Done it both ways at FRA -- TATL from ORD, then on to PRG, back from BUD.

Only issue was that our bags were the absolute last ones offloaded at ORD, despite being in J and the LH "Priority" tags.