Originally Posted by
Aknoff
Unbeknownst to me, JetStar is a United partner airline.
They aren't a "partner airline" as such. United does, however, sell tickets on JQ and they do have a (ticket) interline agreement.
Originally Posted by
Aknoff
I just booked a great deal (albeit in Y) back to the US from NZ, where the first segment is on JetStar connecting to a United flight. What are the baggage rules/allowances on something like this?
What is the actual routing (in particular, domestic or international for the JQ segment).
As a rule, JQ doesn't interline bags. They will charge you the baggage fees for their segment, then drop them on the baggage belt in your connecting airport for you to transfer to your next airline.
The one exception to this is if both flights are international in which case they will transfer them, but I'm not sure about fee in that case. Technically (based on the US's first-airline rules) you'll have to pay, but I'm not sure if that is enforced or not.