Originally Posted by
kalia960
But I have traveled on separate records several times in the past. At that time BA OLCI was either not available or I had the tatus to get a good seat without OLCI. AA gave me both boarding passes and my luggage went through. On the way back, BA gave me both boarding passes as well, although of course AA later replaced one with its own.
you may have had separate records for AA and BA but they were probably showing the same booking and thats why you were able to receive boarding passes for all sectors in both directions.
let me give you an example:
i can book a ticket from JFK to MAD via LHR using a AA/BA combination. It would all on one booking and one ticket. To view on the AA system the PNR could be YYYYYY and to view the same thing on the BA system could be XXXXXX. there will be a connection somewhere in the PNR saying that YYYYYY on AA is the same record as XXXXXX on BA. it has two different indexes for two separate systems but it is the same record and if you update one it will automatically update the other and vice versa.
If you have genuine two separate records (two sectors paid separately and ticketed separately), there is no way that AA can inform BA of bag tags through the system. It does not matter how intelligent the AA agent is, it just will not happen.
Next time you travel ask the agent to print the entire PNR as you check in for your first sector and have a look.