Originally Posted by ANC RED-EYE

Hey all - perhaps I'm going to regret this, but here goes:

Soon I will be making a flight from Bozeman to San Pedro Sula on 2 different airlines (well 3 if you count Alaska and Horizon separately), and 3 different tickets.

Here's a sketch:
BZN-SEA-LAS - Alaska/Horizon, ticket #1 (issued on AS stock)
LAS - MIA - American, ticket #2 (issued on AA stock)
MIA - SAP - American, ticket #3 (issued on AA stock)

There was relatively significant cost advantage to book everything separately, to answer the first obvious question...

So, my question now is, can I check my bags through to SAP in BZN? If so, where should I expect to get saddled with American's Baggage fee? Or, are the oh so convenient interline baggage transfers no longer possible because the other guys need the opportunity to nickel and dime me, and thus won't allow AS to check me all the way through?

I had incorrectly assumed that since I am continuing onto an international ticket in MIA, that AA's international rules would apply to the LAS-MIA portion. I was advised by AA CS that indeed that is not the case, since I booked a domestic one way, I am subject to the domestic baggage rules on that flight no matter what additional flying I am doing (which I thought was ridiculous, but it will still be cheaper in the long run). She did say that the agents in LAS may well not assess the fee since I am continuing onto an international reservation, but there is no guarantee and I should plan on paying it.