Originally Posted by
Frank_doc
"Hello Frank, we just spoke with our colleagues about the case. There's a possibility that showing your ticket for the MAD-HNL flight your luggage might be checked to your final destination since AA is member of the oneworld alliance. We can't guarantee this, but you'll have to tell our colleague at the counter in BRU that you are having another flight from MAD to HNL with AA and she might be able to help. Kind regards."
This is the best and most accurate answer. If the BRU check-in people can see the onward reservation, they may be able to include those flights on the bag tag. Or, they may have a strict policy NOT to do so. I've had it go both ways.
Originally Posted by
Frank_doc
*edit: is it actually not possible to have them merge the 2 reservations? I asked but they said it wasn't possible. I don't really see why?
Because the two reservations are more than just your name. They include separate tariff and tax conditions, change and cancellation rules, fare classes, and many more types of data that can't be "merged." The counter people can put a comment or notation on the "PNR" (passenger name record - the actual "reservation") for the first flight that mentions the onward reservation/PNR, but they can't merge them.
Iberia have an earlier flight on that day. You might think about absorbing the change fee and moving to that flight to give you more of a cushion at MAD.