Originally Posted by
Himeno
I'm not sure... I've had an 8 sector non stop routing before, HEL-LHR-DXB-LHR-HKG-NRT-SIN-PER-MEL with a ticket change in NRT.
NRT-MEL was tagged through, even though I had to collect in PER.
I collected bags in NRT between the tickets. the AY agent in HEL was willing to check through to NRT, but I don't fully remember if I had them tag only to LHR and kept the bag in storage at LHR for the LHR-DXB-LHR turn.
I am surprised they let you check back through the same airport (LHR). I recall trying to check my bag LHR-DXB-LHR-JFK on BA, all on one ticket (oneworld RTW - and yes, it was a mileage run) and they flatly refused, so I had to "enter" DXB, collect my bag, and check it back in - even though the flights were all on BA so they weren't even interlining!
But then BA have always been very difficult about checking bags through. Two examples:
(1) separate tickets, I check in for HKG-BKK on TG and through-check onto BA BKK-LHR. No problem. Returning, BA refuse to through-check "because we don't have a baggage interline agreement with TG". Oh yes you do, here is my baggage receipt for the inward flight clearly showing an interline between TG and BA, and btw here is TG's online list of airlines with which they have baggage interline agreements, so you are clearly lying. I didn't express it that way, of course, but they still refused to interline
(2) flying with family GVA-LHR after a ski-ing trip. Family were staying in England, I was connecting back to HKG on CX. Four people, four bags. I wanted to take two back to HKG (the ski-ing gear) but again they flatly refused, because I was only entitled to one bag on BA and therefore they would only through-check one bag
