Originally Posted by
TObject
First of all, a UA issued ticket cannot have more than four segments, so five segments is at least two tickets.
The original assertion -- that this rule has something to do with the way flights are ticketed inside a PNR -- is dubious at best, and, to the extent it would apply at all, it would be limited to situations where someone put more than one completely independent trip inside a PNR, which is possible but generally frowned upon. The language in the
Federal Register is as follows:
§ 399.87 Baggage allowances and fees.
For passengers whose ultimate ticketed origin or destination is a U.S. point, U.S. and foreign carriers must apply the baggage allowances and fees that apply at the beginning of a passenger’s itinerary throughout his or her entire itinerary. In the case of code- share flights that form part of an itinerary whose ultimate ticketed origin or destination is a U.S. point, U.S. and foreign carriers must apply the baggage allowances and fees of the marketing carrier throughout the itinerary to the extent that they differ from those of any operating carrier.
It doesn't say anything about ticketing.
Originally Posted by
TObject
Second, UA website, always shows me baggage allowance as per check-in carrier rules, and premier additional allowance is not shown for partner carriers. Is UA website wrong?
No, but Star Alliance Gold passengers still get an extra bag under alliance rules. So even though OP wouldn't get the GS allowance, he'd get the UA J allowance plus one bag for *G.
Originally Posted by
TObject
Would a partner airline really follow UA baggage rules, instead of their own, at check-in? Seems like it would be hard for the agents to keep track of different airline rules.
Yes, it's the law, so they do it. The computer tells them what to charge. I was flying with my wife on Shenzhen Airlines; she was on an award ticket using a free stopover, and I was on a paid one-way ticket. Even though they don't even fly to the US, they check-in agents were able to figure the allowances out properly -- I was on the weight system and she was on the piece system.