Originally Posted by
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Good luck on this. It should be fine. Also - you can check in for both flights yourself online (separately) and the checkin does not have to be linked (per se) in order to tag the bag through. However, the tagging of the bag is very easy.
The one thing I would do is ask in Vancouver nicely (at any AC airport checkin agent - even at the gate) if they have your bag tag number in your DCS record because if it does not associate properly, the bag may not get loaded - even though it has a tag.
Things are pretty automated now but since a tag can really be issued for any flight on almost any airline - sometimes the information does not feed through (and in the dark old days- it never did - so you had to have it entered manually at the transfer desk).
A few years back I had a UA award with 5 segments. The UA check-in agent said computer could only do 4 segments, so she manually wrote out the baggage ticket/label. Lo and behold I didn't look closely enough and my bag never did fly with to my final destination as she goofed on one of the 3 letter airport codes! So, yes trust but verify. Look, here's the world we see from businesses, including AC's thought process:In mathematics or logic, an axiom is an unprovable rule or first principle accepted as true because it is self-evident or particularly useful. “Nothing can both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect” is an example of an axiom. Translated for the real world: Rule Number One: There are no rules. Rule Number Two: When in doubt refer to rule number one. Axiom Airlines it is. Thanks for the tip re: DCS.