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Does anyone have an update on this? It appears as if the policy was recently updated:
https://ssc.aa.com/prmportal_enu/Age...%20Tickets.pdf
The drafting is poor but it does seem to suggest that AA will no longer check through bags to other OW carriers if on separate tickets.
That's not what it says.
Customers traveling on
separate tickets, issued in the
same PNR/booking. Through check-in will be
honored between the following carriers only:
- American Airlines and American Eagle
- oneworld airlines and affiliates
<snip>
Customers travelling on
separate tickets issued in
separate PNRs/bookings will
not be accepted for through check-in, regardless of which
oneworld carrier(s) they are connecting to.
When issuing
separate tickets,
whether in the same PNR/booking or not, it is important your customer be informed that American is
unable to ‘through-check' bags with 2 separate tickets if they are traveling on American and
non-
oneworld carriers.
In other words, same PNR but separate tickets, AA will check through bags to other OW carriers. Separate PNR and separate tickets, AA will not check through bags to other OW carriers.
Last edited by TWA884; Aug 11, 2016 at 9:56 am
Reason: Stupid phone autocorrect