Originally Posted by
PHCorkill
As I have tried to say, BA said that AA had not specified on their system that I should have two bags, which implies that AA have that facility. I cannot think of any reason why, if they chose to, each airline could not honour the baggage allowance of another OW partner if the flight is booked on the appropriate website under the appropriate code. It is all a matter of will and software programming isn't it? Of course, they could choose not to as well.
They wouldn't. With a normal ticket, the luggage allowance is determined by the carrier actually operating the flight. As it happens the base allowance is the same on BA and AA. Both BA and AA allow 1 Piece
see
http://www.aa.com/i18n/travelInforma...false&from=Nav for AA's allowances .
Additional baggage allowance is not a One World benefit however there is a provision that AA Platinum and Executive Platinum members will get the same allowance benefits that BA Silver and Gold members receive and so can check in 2 bags for free. Since you only have OW Ruby status this would not apply to you
The Baggage allowance for travel on BA is available at
http://www.aa.com/pubcontent/jbax/in...le=bagchk.html
If you had Platinum status then BA would have granted 2 pieces for free
There are some tickets sold that have specific allowance benefits; if you had purchased a ticket which has specific allowances which would apply to all carriers in the itinerary , then that would have been passed to BA's systems so that it would allow you that specific allowance. A normal Transatlantic return has no special benefits
Where you buy the ticket is irrelevent, what matters is which airline you are flying on. You can buy tickets for travel on BA from AA ( and it is a good idea to do so if wanting to use AA miles to upgrade a BA flight ) .
This is a standard situation with luggage allowances. AA's site isn't too good at highlighting that allowances on flights operated by other carriers may be different, but if you look at
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...topic=freebags , can see that BA highlights the issue much more clearly in relation to their codeshares
Originally Posted by ba
We have partnerships with other airlines to offer you more destinations worldwide, so even if you've booked direct with British Airways, one or more of your flights may be operated by another airline. In this case you should contact the operating airline for information about their baggage allowances.
If you travel with British Airways and another airline during your journey, the British Airways baggage allowance may be more generous and you could be charged for extra baggage by the other airline.