Originally Posted by
plunet
I was always under the impression that it is the airline that tagged it is responsible to reunite it with the passenger. So in this case that would be QR.
No, it is not.
Originally Posted by
plunet
Isn't this partly the reason why airlines do not want to check through baggage on separate tickets as they increase their liability under the Montreal convention for additional baggage handling over which they have no influence?
It is the reason why the last airline (in this case BA) do not like it as they get lumbered with the financial liability in the case of mis-handled baggage, but QR and BA have a valid interline agreement so QR are doing a customer friendly act. BA don't like it since it costs them money.