Originally Posted by
HansGolden
I'm hesitant to say this given your post count and mod status, but I was under the impression that:
- Two separate tickets with interlined baggage, the ticket with the most restrictive baggage limits applies; if you need to pay fees on both, you pay double
- One ticket with interline baggage, ticketing carrier rules apply
If you have separate tickets, basically the only thing that changes with interlining baggage is that you don't need to pick it up in-between tickets. All fees/restrictions are the same as if you had picked them up and rechecked them.
In fact, the carrier you are checking in with is not even obligated to interline the baggage for you, though they often will as a courtesy.
Can someone confirm or dispute this? These are general rules that I understood to be true in my experience as a TA, though perhaps my info is outdated or only narrowly applicable.
Basically sbm 12 is correct. In this case, bags are checked originally with UA connecting with HA to ITO. If UA does it correctly, there is an 'excess baggage ticket' they fill out with a receipt and a copy going to the passenger. The passenger gives this copy to HA, showing that they paid for bags thru to ITO. HA then gives this copy back to UA for reimbursement for transporting the bags from HNL to ITO.
UA does not have to check the bags thru - it is a courtesy but it can be to UA's advantage to do this. The carrier who brings the passenger to their final destination accepts responsibility for bags. If the bags (for example) did not make it on the UA LAX/HNL flight but were checked to ITO, the delayed bags just became HA's problem.