Originally Posted by
JonNYC
As pointed out we are talking about 2 separate-- but closely linked-- issues, the baggage one and the irrops protection one.
On the later, it appears to me that effective Sept 1 , most protections are still in place and, in fact, one that I don't -think- I knew about personally is in place.
The one I'm taking about is:
AA to (non-OW) other airline.
Separate tix, different PNRs
Irrops protection provided as long as ticket for other airline is issued by AA
Irrops protection still indicated, obviously, for AA -> OW even on separate tix and separate PNRs
OK, so for now, disregard the above. IROPS protection -is- alive and well (as of Sept 1) for separate ticket, different PNR AA-> AA, AA-> OW scenarios (I think to the surprise of some,) but I must be mistaken about the AA-> OA scenario, I foolishly misread it.
Sorry for the confusion!
Unambiguous-- and not surprising at all since we've seen it reported-- effective Sept 1, no more through-check on separate tix, separate PNRs AA->AA, AA->OW, AA-OA.