Originally Posted by
Yaatri
Interline bagage and/or ticketing has nothing to do with an alliance. Bags can be checked through even if the two airlines are not a part of the same alliance.
If you are travelling on one ticket there IS absolutely no reason to think one might not be able to check bags through even when the two airlines are not a part of one alliance.
Airlines alliances is a relatively new phenomenon in the industry. Interlining has been going on gar longer than that.
I think the requirement for bags to be checked through is for all the flights to be one ticket. I once had a routing BOS-IAD-LHR-HKG-KUL on a UA/CX RTW, all one on ticket, and the UA agent in BOS had no problem printing a bag tag all the way to KUL (well, two actually, since each tag can only hold three airports). Conversely, when flying BA BOS-LHR and MH LHR-KUL on two separate tix, the BA agent at BOS was unable to check my bags through to KUL.