Originally Posted by
flyerCO
Sorry to disappoint but here is an excerpt on the rules in question from the IATA:
IATA Resolution 302, which became effective on 1 April 2011, defines which airline’s baggage rules (both allowance and charges) apply on an interline or codeshare journey. It uses a geographic-based process to select the MSC on the checked portion of a flight (that is, from where a passenger checks a bag to the point he or she picks up that bag). Resolution 302 specifies that the MSC is the airline flying the passenger, also known as the operating carrier. The US DOT approved IATA’s concept for baggage disclosure with the exception that the MSC must be the marketing, not operating, carrier.
Alaska's own website very clearly states "That while you may have travel wholly on Alaska Airlines, your baggage fees/limitations may not be those of Alaska Airlines."
Again, while the marketing carrier are required to disclose fees, the fees DO NOT need to be identical when flying codeshare flights. DL discloses the codeshare partner luggage fees by links on it's website. All the website information I referenced is post DOT regs and are compliant. I guess you didn't even bother to look at them. Look at your domestic DL reciepts. Notice that they do not list baggage fee waivers for status holders. They only list the standard rates of $25 for first bag and $35 for second bag as mandated by DOT. Above the rates is the following text --
"Thank you begin a valued customer. The fees below are based on your original ticket purchase information. If you qualify for discounted checked baggage, this will be taken into account when you check in"
and then below,
"At the time of check in with Delta for Delta-marketed and Delta-operated flight(s) (including Delta connection), SkyMiles Medallion® members, SkyTeam Elite & Elite Plus and active US Military personnel are eligible for fee waivers and other benefits. For more details, visit delta.com/baggage."
Note the requirement for Delta-marketed AND Delta-operated for the fee waivers. Neither AS nor HA will waive luggage fees for DL marketed flights for DL status holders, nor are they obligated to under DOT regs. AS only recently starting charging DL elites due to the cooling of the relationship, but HA has been doing it prior and after the regulations went into effect 3 years ago. Pretty absurd to claim they have been violating the law for 3 years now without being called out by DOT.