Originally Posted by
kauppias
Yes I realise what you are saying but the star alliance offers EXTRA baggage for its gold tier member EXTRA above and betond that available to ALL passangers so that is what is confusing as United seems NOT to follow the alliance rules unless there is something im missing.
The three bag allowance is for all business and first class customers regardless of status. Someone with no status would get three.
A non *Gold traveling in economy gets one bag free on international trips. *Gold would get three free checked bags. The Star Alliance rules just say extra baggage allowance and that should be interpreted as extra from what a general member receives, not extra and above everyone else. Why would you get a better baggage allowance than a Mileage Plus GS member?
Originally Posted by
kauppias
The link you provided is the GENERAL page if you look at
www.staralliance.com youll see the gold benefits I am referring to.
The link on the UA site lets you select different options and see your baggage allowance for that option. UA is the airline and sets the rules. I'm not sure why Thai didn't charge you for the fourth bag since their web site states you would have only gotten three free as a * Gold member-two plus one extra for the * Gold status (in Business class).
Originally Posted by
kauppias
Normally this would not even be a issue but on my ladt trip in june UA/SAS lost one of my bags so now I had to rebuy the gifts and stuff lost in that bag since it has not been found to date...
This is really immaterial. You get three bags free. You'll pay for any above that number.