I have what is probably a really stupid question but I've read through this thread and asked the BAEC the same question and I'm still confused so I'm hoping the good folk at FT can set me straight!

I am booked on a single PNR LHR-GRU-BSB return using BA between LHR and GRU and LATAM between GRU and BSB. Will I have to reclaim my bags at GRU on both or either of the outbound/return legs?

I asked the same question of the BAEC and got this response which I can't make head or tail of!

Thank you for your email to the Club enquiring about baggage through check.

As your journey is wholly with British Airways or oneworld alliance airlines, your baggage will be through-checked to your final destination.

Your baggage will be labelled through to your onward flight destination and you will be given a boarding pass for your next flight. You do not have to pick up your bags and check in again. Simply follow the Flight Connections signs and make your way to the relevant terminal.

However, if your baggage receipt shows the destination ‘LHR’, ‘LGW’ or ‘LON’ then you must collect your baggage at Arrivals/Baggage Reclaim before checking in for your next flight.


It is the bit about LHR tags that has thrown me - does it mean that I don't have to pick up my baggage at GRU on the way out to BSB but that I do need to do so on the way back from BSB?

I'm so confused, hopefully someone more experienced with flying in this part of the world/travelling with luggage (I am normally HBO) can set me straight...TIA!