Originally Posted by
sosfo
I think it's expected on two sperate TICKETS as you indicated, yes. I've never been able to do that on any airline.
But, again, we don't really know the situation.
Oh, it used to be possible. I remember interlining a bag from US to Air Pacific on two different reservations some number of years ago. But 3 years ago the DOT changed the rules and US (and I suspect a number of other airlines) changed their policy to only interline a bag if it was on a single itinerary which is what it sounds like the OP’s friend ran into.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...t-tickets.html