Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
It is a guarantee - but its not for CX to say here as the OP is taking BA. BA will connect the bag through if the connection carrier is part of OneWorld but its just not everyone in their network knows about this. I've seen BA staff in Aberdeen deny this to someone else connecting to CX in LHR and it was only after I volunteered and asked to the passenger to speak to the Senior officer was the request put through. But even she was questioning the rules.
OP is asking this obviously because he/she has already bought the ticket and just asking if a 2.5 hr connection is doable. It is. BA is generally quite on time as long as its not early morning or late afternoon then ATC might come into play.
That's what I meant. Technically, it's possible, but there is no guarantee the employee in charge in ZRH will be doing it. A very good chance it will happen, an even better chance that upon calling the supervisor it happen - but not an absolute guarantee. I've seen really good staff from Swissport (they're doing BA at ZRH, aren't they?) and terrible one.. so, I wouldn't build my whole plans on them checking the luggage through on 2 PNRs, even if they should..
Also, the flight in question (BA717) doesn't tend to have spectacular on-time performance, at least not according to FlightStats. 1.9 out of 5 isn't good if you've a tight connection in average, from the last 62 flights, 3 got cancelled (meaning he might be put on another flight and might make it - his luggage even less so), 7 had a delay considered "excessive" (imho making him miss his connection) and another 7 are called "very late" - giving him at least a run to make the plane, if at all. Another 10 were late - probably making the connection, but certainly not much time to spare, and just 35, ie 56% were on time, giving him plenty of time.
If he already booked the connection (you probably assume this correctly) then I would probably risk it myself, but definitely pack more than enough in the carry-on, as there is quite a good risk the travel won't go as planed.