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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 12:55 pm
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Originally Posted by thaliajen
If it's a companion upgrade-how could that be so many days in advance? I thought those were done at check-in. And I thought they were not done on trips to Hawaii. I remember that my husband and I had to buy BF seats b/c not even Plats get upgraded on those flights. Has that rule changed?

I would wager a guess that the 2 BF passengers would get 3 bags each and the 3 economy would have to pay for their bags unless the BF passengers checked their kids' luggage as their own. (Or do they allow economy to check at least 1 bag on the long flights?)

Honestly, since CO started charging for bags, I never know what's what. I just know that I rarely check bags, but when I do I have yet to pay for one. I'm a Plat and am almost always BF/1st, so I don't know if it's the Plat Elite status that allows me to check a bag for free, or the 1st Class/BF status.

I was wondering about this myself, since next month my husband will be flying economy to Dublin and I will be BF. Does that mean that we can only check 3 bags free? Don't they even allow one bag per person on International flights for economy passengers?

One questions seems to beg another!
Intl is 2 bags per person up to 50 lbs, an Elite gets up to 70 lbs and BF gets a 3rd bag up to 70 lbs

So if hes on your PNR its 5 bags at 70 lbs if hes not its 3 bags @70 and 2 @ 50

the whole question if a non-elite has to pay is only if 1 they dont have the Chase CC (which depending on the CC is 1 or 2 bags free Intl always 2 free even w/o the CC) 2- if they arent on the same PNR as the Elite member, meaning the PNR belongs to the Elite member 3- they arent on a Y or B fare (these grant free bags as well)
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