airberlin topbonus - Baggage Allowance When Connecting Economy only flight to Business class on TATL




mvoight
Feb 4, 12, 3:09 am
I am flying Air Berlin from VCE (Venice) - BER-LAX in June.
This connection will involve an overnight stay in Berlin. We arrive at 8:45PM and depart 10AM the next day. The VCE-BER flight is an economy only flight.
As the flights are on 2 different days, will we get the business class allowance for both flights?

If it matters, I will be AA PLT / OneWorld Saphire on the travel date (now Exec Plat). The other traveler has no status. Each passenger is on a separate PNR. These were booked through American as partner business class awards.


the810
Feb 4, 12, 6:40 am
Is this on one ticket? If so, you will get business class allowance on all flights.

oneworld benefits are not clear yet.

mvoight
Feb 4, 12, 9:47 am
Is this on one ticket? If so, you will get business class allowance on all flights.

oneworld benefits are not clear yet.

Yes, one ticket per person, just a separate PNR for the other passenger, since I originally needed 3 business class awards, and there were only one.
So, I decided to put the teens in economy.. One teen canceled, and there was still a seat left in business, so we are now both in business.
Since we will be on a cruise, we might take more stuff than normal, so we might have 1 1/2 bags each. Not a problem on the outbound as it will be checked in at AA and the AA flight is business. We are going SNA-ORD (3 day stopover)-LHR (day flight with overnight at LHR) - VCE (last leg is economy on BA).


Deltahater
Feb 12, 12, 3:15 pm
Check out this thread in the AA forum:

There is an IATA resolution that requires airberlin (Not NIKI) to give you the same baggage allowance as your MSC (most significant carrier).

Then there is also a federal law that requires them to give you the same baggage allowance as your US carrier.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/1200272-new-interline-baggage-fee-rules-iata-reso-302-aa-ontime-adoption.html.

Airberlin is a OW partner on 3/20 so then your status may matter, but if you travel in the next 5 weeks, PLT is irrelevant.

mvoight
Feb 15, 12, 2:15 am
Check out this thread in the AA forum:

There is an IATA resolution that requires airberlin (Not NIKI) to give you the same baggage allowance as your MSC (most significant carrier).

Then there is also a federal law that requires them to give you the same baggage allowance as your US carrier.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/1200272-new-interline-baggage-fee-rules-iata-reso-302-aa-ontime-adoption.html.

Airberlin is a OW partner on 3/20 so then your status may matter, but if you travel in the next 5 weeks, PLT is irrelevant.

I said June in my first post, but travel is actually in early July.:)
Also, regarding the "US carrier" part of this, there is no US carrier on this itinerary. It is Air Berlin for both flights, VCE-BER (overnight)-morning flight to LAX



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