Originally Posted by
tareke
To all you travel Gurus. I need help. I live in Singapore but frequently go to the US with my family and end up buying lots of US goodies to bring back. I have a family of 4 and would like to bring back 8 bags (2 bags per person). My trip to US this year goes through London and to save money I bought 2 separate tickets. 1 on Qantas from SIN-LHR and second round trip on AA from LHR to DFW. I found out on Qantas site that both AA and Qantas allow only 1 bag each for each trip but Qantas allows 2 bags if the itinerary shows US. On AA, it's unclear what they would do.
ON way back from DFW to LHR, I'm worried that AA will charge me 4 extra bags. I'm also worried that Qantas will charge me for 4 extra bags from LHR to SIN (I'm staying in London for 4 days on way back).
How can I "LINK" the 2 itineraries so it shows a single itinerary. It should be clear the airlines that I'm ending my trip in the US and starting in SIN, which should allow me to have 4 bags each. But I don't know how greedy these airlines would get in this situation.
I'm hoping the following helps me somehow
1) I'm a lifetime gold member on AA (but my family members have no status)
2) both airlines are one world
Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Originally Posted by
tareke
"How can I "LINK" the 2 itineraries so it shows a single itinerary. It should be clear the airlines that I'm ending my trip in the US and starting in SIN, which should allow me to have 4 bags each. But I don't know how greedy these airlines would get in this situation."
I meant 2 bags each (total 8 bags).
I see very little chance of you not getting charged for at least 3 extra bags (your GLD status might give you 2, but AA may not grant you it since you are transferring to a QF FLT). Both your AA E-TKT and your QF E-TKT shows 1 piece, which is the only thing the check-in agents see. In addition, since you bought separate TKTs, airlines (even if with in the same alliance) has no obligation to give you anything extra bacause you are continuing on to another FLT. In fact, even if you had bought only one TKT, the bag allowance remains 1 piece, as 2 pieces is only applied in QF's case to QF's own FLT to the U. S.
Code:
PSGR TYPE ADT - 01
CXR RES DATE FARE BASIS NVB NVA BG
SIN
XLON QF M 01OCT MNA2SG 01OCT 01OCT 01P
DFW AA M 02OCT MNA2SG 02OCT 02OCT 01P
XLON AA M 01NOV MNA2SG 01NOV 01NOV 01P
SIN QF M 02NOV MNA2SG 02NOV 02NOV 01P
FARE SGD 3125.00
TAX SGD 13.90SG SGD 8.00OO SGD 691.50XT
TOTAL SGD 3838.40
ADT-01 MNA2SG
SIN QF X/LON AA DFW M1242.95AA X/LON QF SIN M1242.95NUC2485.90
END ROE1.25708
XT SGD6.10OP SGD103.00UB SGD42.40US SGD7.00YC SGD8.90XY
XT SGD6.40XA SGD3.20AY SGD443.00YR SGD65.80YQ SGD5.70XFDFW4.5
TKT/TL10JUL12/2359
ATTN*VALIDATING CARRIER SPECIFIED - QF
ATTN*BAG ALLOWANCE -SINDFW-01P/AA DFWSIN-01P/AA
ATTN*2NDCHECKED BAG FEE-SINDFW-SGD76.00/AA DFWSIN-SGD76.00/AA
ATTN*ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES AND/OR DISCOUNTS MAY APPLY