Originally Posted by
gooorack
I am hoping to fly from Melbourne MEL to Rome FCO later this year. There is an Etihad flight the entire way through stopping at Abu Dhabi with no frequent flyers seats available.(EY 461 - EY 7065 / AZ 853)
However i can book the first half of the leg on Etihad MEL -> AUH using virgin velocity points (EY 461)
And the second half AUH -> FCO using qantas ff points as the second half of the leg is dual badged with Alitalia. (AZ 853)
So my question is if i book both of them separately will I be able to check the entire way through from Melbourne? Or will Etihad in melbourne complain that the second half of the leg is Alitalia even though its a duel badged flight?
Thanks
Although you don't have an entitlement to check bags all the way through I would say that this will almost definitely happen. Etihad have a close relationship with Alitalia, and they will most likely tag bags through from an Etihad onto an Alitalia flight.
CX in Melbourne once tagged bags for me Melbourne-HKG-FRA-Krakow, using two CX sectors and a LH sector, with all three sectors booked on different tickets. So you almost certainly will be able to do this.
Out of interest, how did you use Qantas FF points to book an Alitalia flight?