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Hint... interlining is one of the IATA's regulations. If you don't understand, go to Montreal.. It's in Canada.
This is uninformed twaddle.Originally Posted by budgetingjew
Because the IATA was created for you to excersize your rights in traveling in one of their member airlines. Fool on you for not envoking them.Hint... interlining is one of the IATA's regulations. If you don't understand, go to Montreal.. It's in Canada.
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Hmm, BA had computers the last time I checked. Pretty powerful ones too. And pre-programmed to check MCT for all itineraries.Originally Posted by BlackBerryAddict
They can't check the MCT, so they wouldn't know if your connection is legal and set themselves up for a possibly costly failure.
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Here's the full list (from a GDS) of BA's baggage interlining agreements:
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BA-125 BRITISH AIRWAYS
MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO
AA AB AC AE AF AH AI AM AS AT AV AY AZ A3
BA BD BE BI BP BR BT BW CA CI CM CO CX CY
CZ DL DT EC EI EK ET EY FC FI FJ FV GF G3
HA HG HM HP HU IB IC IG IR IT JC JJ JK JL
JO JP JU J2 KA KC KE KF KK KL KM KQ KU KX
LA LG LH LI LO LP LR LX LY ME MI MK MS MU
MX NH NU NZ OA OK OS OU OV OZ PG PR PS PU
PW PZ QF QI QM QR RB RO SA SK SN SQ SU SV
SW S7 TA TG TK TM TN TP TU UA UN UP US UU
VK VN VS WF WS XL XM X5 4M 7H 9W
#64
LTN Phobia , Nov 28, 2011 5:07 pm
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Interesting that MA isn't there, considering it's OW. Or do OW ones come under a separate arrangement?Originally Posted by hillrider
Here's the full list (from a GDS) of BA's baggage interlining agreements:
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BA-125 BRITISH AIRWAYS
MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO
AA AB AC AE AF AH AI AM AS AT AV AY AZ A3
BA BD BE BI BP BR BT BW CA CI CM CO CX CY
CZ DL DT EC EI EK ET EY FC FI FJ FV GF G3
HA HG HM HP HU IB IC IG IR IT JC JJ JK JL
JO JP JU J2 KA KC KE KF KK KL KM KQ KU KX
LA LG LH LI LO LP LR LX LY ME MI MK MS MU
MX NH NU NZ OA OK OS OU OV OZ PG PR PS PU
PW PZ QF QI QM QR RB RO SA SK SN SQ SU SV
SW S7 TA TG TK TM TN TP TU UA UN UP US UU
VK VN VS WF WS XL XM X5 4M 7H 9W
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Not according to the GDS' (Sabre) documentation. And BA is listed under MA. Weird. Makes me question how that data is kept up to date...Originally Posted by LTN Phobia
Interesting that MA isn't there, considering it's OW. Or do OW ones come under a separate arrangement?
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buyjalapenos , Nov 28, 2011 5:23 pm
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No. Wrong. Useless comment. Ticket inspector was next to us the whole ride. Thank you for your useless post.Originally Posted by sunrisegirl
Even though the First Class car may have been free, you still have to pay the ticket for that form of travel. You're lucky a ticket inspector didn't get on board or it would have been a lot more than the price of a first class ticket.
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LTN Phobia , Nov 28, 2011 5:28 pm
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Referring to the post directly above this one, I do not think there is any need to speak to anyone that way, regardless of whether you agree with that person's post or not.
#68
buyjalapenos , Nov 28, 2011 5:35 pm
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We toyed with the idea of going through immigration in T2 and checking to see if our bags came out, but eventually we braved it out and transferred airside to T1. We breathed a collective sigh of relief when the bags eventually appeared in OSL.
Now, whether the bags were interlined because of the SK codeshare (which is still *A anyway), or because of the disruption, or whether it was because I asked nicely
, I don't really know...
Oh wait - wow I guess there an interline agreement must exist, but they choose not to use it! Excellent! Bravo, BA!Originally Posted by FenLandK
During last week's fog disruption me and my colleague were put onto LHR-FRA-OSL on Monday rather than LHR-OSL, which was full until Tuesday. When we checked in I asked if the bags could be interlined and the agent asked which airline. BA had actually booked us on an SK code, but it was an LH flight. We handed over our bags and lounged until our flight. However, when we got to FRA we did wonder about the luggage and whether it would be merrily going round the carousel at FRA T2.We toyed with the idea of going through immigration in T2 and checking to see if our bags came out, but eventually we braved it out and transferred airside to T1. We breathed a collective sigh of relief when the bags eventually appeared in OSL.
Now, whether the bags were interlined because of the SK codeshare (which is still *A anyway), or because of the disruption, or whether it was because I asked nicely
, I don't really know...
#69
buyjalapenos , Nov 28, 2011 5:39 pm
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If only i had been flyong one of these airlines!!!! Oh wait.... I was.....Originally Posted by hillrider
Here's the full list (from a GDS) of BA's baggage interlining agreements:
Code:
BA-125 BRITISH AIRWAYS
MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO
AA AB AC AE AF AH AI AM AS AT AV AY AZ A3
BA BD BE BI BP BR BT BW CA CI CM CO CX CY
CZ DL DT EC EI EK ET EY FC FI FJ FV GF G3
HA HG HM HP HU IB IC IG IR IT JC JJ JK JL
JO JP JU J2 KA KC KE KF KK KL KM KQ KU KX
LA LG LH LI LO LP LR LX LY ME MI MK MS MU
MX NH NU NZ OA OK OS OU OV OZ PG PR PS PU
PW PZ QF QI QM QR RB RO SA SK SN SQ SU SV
SW S7 TA TG TK TM TN TP TU UA UN UP US UU
VK VN VS WF WS XL XM X5 4M 7H 9W
#70
adrianjc32 , Nov 28, 2011 5:45 pm
BA will interline to a carrier with an interline booking, ie if a customer holds one booking BA onto xx and its all on the one reservation. Oneworld airlines have spent time working with airports to try to improve the interline baggage process so even if it's a separate booking oneworld carriers will tag bags across to another ow carrier.
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Think SQ did or still has an interlining agreement with BA.
That is a ridiculous statement. Any airline usually strives to make life easier for its status customer especially given the fact that BA can interline with SQ/LH.Originally Posted by HIDDY
Indeed....it was a ridiculous assumption to make especially when connecting on to LH on a separate ticket. One would have thought a Gold card holder would have known better.Think SQ did or still has an interlining agreement with BA.
SQ is willing to check my bags through on two separate tickets on to BA. But BA is too good to do the same the other way around?
Guess who is more likely to get my business the next time?
MCT was fine and the supervisor could have known or checked. They knew I was set up to fail and just shrugged their shoulders.
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I see this is not the only forum that you post your drivel to.Originally Posted by budgetingjew
No. Wrong. Useless comment. Ticket inspector was next to us the whole ride. Thank you for your useless post.
You really are a naughty boy.
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Originally Posted by LTN Phobia
Interesting that MA isn't there, considering it's OW. Or do OW ones come under a separate arrangement?
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GDSs update many of those lists manually, so errors can (and do) occur.Originally Posted by hillrider
Not according to the GDS' (Sabre) documentation. And BA is listed under MA. Weird. Makes me question how that data is kept up to date...
Full interlining is one of the core requirements of the OneWorld membership, so it's definitely an error.
[KVS Availability Tool 6.8.1/Diamond - Reference: Interline Agreements [IET]: BA]
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ELECTRONIC INTERLINE CARRIER AGREEMENTS-BA
INTERLINE CARRIER CODES
AA - AB - AC - AE - AF - AH - AI - AM - AO - AP
AS - AT - AV - AY - AZ - A3 - BD - BE - BI - BP
BR - BT - BW - CA - CE - CI - CM - CO - CX - CY
CZ - DL - DT - EC - EG - EI - EK - ET - EY - FB
FC - FI - FJ - FT - FV - GF - GJ - G3 - HA - HG
HM - HU - IB - IC - IG - IR - IT - JC - JJ - JK
JL - JM - JO - JP - JU - J2 - KA - KC - KE - KF
KK - KL - KM - KQ - KU - KX - LA - LG - LH - LI
LN - LO - LP - LR - LX - LY - MA - ME - MH - MI
MK - MS - MU - MX - NH - NU - NW - NZ - OA - OK
OS - OU - OV - OZ - PG - PR - PS - PU - PW - PZ
QF - QI - QM - QR - RB - RJ - RO - SA - SK - SN
SQ - SS - SU - SV - SW - S7 - TA - TC - TE - TF
TG - TK - TM - TN - TP - TU - UA - UL - UN - UP
US - UU - VG - VK - VN - VS - WF - WM - WS - WY
XL - 4M - 6A - 9W
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Being Gold has nothing to do with it.....there are thousands out there.Originally Posted by SMK77
That is a ridiculous statement. Any airline usually strives to make life easier for its status customer especially given the fact that BA can interline with SQ/LH..
You were travelling on two separate tickets....one not even in the Oneworld alliance.
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In exactly the same way as BA has agreements with lounge operators in various airports to provide lounge access. It does not follow from this that anybody traveling in any class on BA can access those lounges. A non-elite economy class traveler, for instance, will not normally have access to lounges regardless or the presence of agreements between lounge providers and BA.Originally Posted by budgetingjew
Oh wait - wow I guess there an interline agreement must exist, but they choose not to use it! Excellent! Bravo, BA!
BA has a policy of interlining when the flights are on a same ticket but not when they are on a separate ticket.
Interlining has a cost which BA is not willing to underwrite in the case of passengers on separate tickets outside OW. BA is not the only airline doing that even though it is true that a majority of IATA carriers still interline on separate tickets.
This is one aspect of the product offered by BA. You may dislike it but this is hardly news. It has been like that for ages. Other UK airlines have similar policies (even stricter in the case of bmi). IATA does not in any way require or even expect airlines to interline baggage on separate tickets. It is entirely at each carrier's discretion.
If you think that you can persuade BA to change, feel free to speak to them about it. IMO, this has just as much chance of happening as of David Cameron becoming a fervent Europhile but to each their own.
If not, and this is really deal breaker for you, feel free to fly another airline which has policies that suit your needs best.