Originally Posted by laxmillenial

The OP is not upset, did not rant, did not ask for a refund, nor did the OP state United sucks in any way whatsoever. He stated he understands rules are rules. He just said it looks weird from an optics perspective. Having no status on Korean Air and being able to check his bags for free. Then arriving in PVG and being charged $400 despite having some status with United.

The advice/point of the OP posting on this forum was to get some feedback, which he did. [MENTION=8598]jsloan[/MENTION] pointed out that the OP's bags could have possibly been interlined and the OP incorrectly charged by United. The OP will hopefully investigate this to see if this was the case. If anything, the OP treats this as a learning experience (PEK vs. PVG for transferring with checked bags) for when he books his next trip. He was not asking for a handout, just commenting on the 'optics' of the situation he experienced. He even said that United handed the situation very professionally!