Connecting Question in Toronto Pearson
Jun 28, 2015, 8:28 pm
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Connecting Question in Toronto Pearson
I am arriving in Toronto from DFW on AA. Then departing later that day on WestJet which was booked as a separate ticket (2 itineraries). I have a long wait in Toronto (8 hrs) and would like to leave the airport. A few questions...
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
Jun 29, 2015, 1:28 am
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I am arriving in Toronto from DFW on AA. Then departing later that day on WestJet which was booked as a separate ticket (2 itineraries). I have a long wait in Toronto (8 hrs) and would like to leave the airport. A few questions...
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
2) Yes, you can leave the airport after having checked in your bags. However, these days they have regulations that you can only check-in your bag X min. before your flight. Different airlines have different rules.
3) Doesn't matter.
Jun 29, 2015, 11:17 am
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I am arriving in Toronto from DFW on AA. Then departing later that day on WestJet which was booked as a separate ticket (2 itineraries). I have a long wait in Toronto (8 hrs) and would like to leave the airport. A few questions...
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
(1) Can I check my bags straight through to my final destination (Sydney, NS) with AA even though my later legs are on a different itinerary?
(2) Assuming I can recheck my bags through to Sydney after clearing customs, can I leave the airport?
(3) If I can leave the airport, should I check in for my WestJet flight before I leave? Does it matter?
Thanks for your help... CDMC
2) Yes, you can leave the airport after having checked in your bags. However, these days they have regulations that you can only check-in your bag X min. before your flight. Different airlines have different rules.
3) Doesn't matter.
Jun 29, 2015, 11:21 am
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Different airline does not necessarily mean you can't check bags through, even on separate tickets. The question is whether there is an interline agreement. However AA has a newish policy that it will not check bags through on separate tickets except for Oneworld carriers.
However, OP... with WS you can credit your miles to AA.
Jun 29, 2015, 10:10 pm
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(although yes I know he's not)
Jun 29, 2015, 11:49 pm
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"My apologies Adam. I should have been more clear by saying AA and WS are different airlines that don't share an interline agreement therefore you can't check bags through."
Actually, I'm pretty sure that AA and WS do have an interline baggage agreement. But because WS is not a oneworld member, AA, by policy, will not through-check bags to WS when the AA and WS flights are on separate tickets.
"My apologies Adam. I should have been more clear by saying AA and WS are different airlines that don't share an interline agreement therefore you can't check bags through."
Actually, I'm pretty sure that AA and WS do have an interline baggage agreement. But because WS is not a oneworld member, AA, by policy, will not through-check bags to WS when the AA and WS flights are on separate tickets.
Jun 30, 2015, 7:11 am
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OP shuld be asking whether there's luggage storage at Pearson. Also what's the window for checking bags for the flight. My guess is that Westjet will operate from a different section of the airport than the transborder flights, including AA.
Jun 30, 2015, 8:28 pm
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It's typically four hours for USA legacy carriers, but this isn't always enforced. AFAIK it's the same for domestic and international flights. Of course, at some airports the check in counter might not be staffed four hours before departure.
Jul 1, 2015, 2:17 pm
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Actually, I'm pretty sure that AA and WS do have an interline baggage agreement. But because WS is not a oneworld member, AA, by policy, will not through-check bags to WS when the AA and WS flights are on separate tickets.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that AA and WS do have an interline baggage agreement. But because WS is not a oneworld member, AA, by policy, will not through-check bags to WS when the AA and WS flights are on separate tickets.