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Old Dec 28, 2016 | 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by yul36
First Carrier rules apply. So if your entitled to a free bag on WS and they are the first carrier regardless of whose flight number it is, those are the rules apply. On the way back if its Westjet metal and you are checking in with WS or their contractor again their rules would apply. If its a DL flight on their aircraft, and you are checking in with DL as first carrier their rules would apply.
No, it is what they call the "first overwater carrier," meaning the carrier with the most substantial travel.

I am flying in April, WestJet to YEG and then KLM to AMS.

WestJet would not be charging me bags, even if they are they are the first carrier I fly. They can try, but they won't do it, and people should know that that's not how it works.

Originally Posted by sokolov
Same here. But that is exactly the question: ARE there free bags when the WestJet flight is sold with a Delta flight number, not as WestJet?

The terms&conditions say that it depends on the marketing carrier, not the operating carrier. But that is contrary to my experience in *A. Hence my question. :-)
*A is the exception, not the rule. Every other airline in the world usually goes by marketing carrier to determine benefits and accrual.
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