As I have been mulling splitting up my flying between *A and oneworld and achieving Emerald status this month, the thing that kills me is the lack of a oneworld baggage policy. I have several top tier *A gold cards and a oneworld sapphire card.

I usually take extended trips or pick up things along the way and having an extra 20kg or a guaranteed extra piece removes any hassle or worry at the airport. Furthermore, its is totally uniform, never argued and a real Star Gold benefit.

I recently flew MNL/HKG on CX and got tagged for being 10kg over the limit. My BA sapphire card did nothing to help. Had I been on a Star carrier, it wouldn't have even been noticed.

Why does oneworld fail to have some sort of baggage policy for elites? I think this is horribly uncompetitive with Star Alliance and the baggage policy has actually been the decisive factor for me on ALL of my HKG/PEK flying this year, some 40,000 bucks worth, which I have put on CA.

Does anyone in this forum think its about time OW got a baggage policy together?