Originally Posted by
mcfuzz89
Thanks. But doesn't US DOT Regulation 14 CFR 399.87 take effect? I was under the impression that the following stipulation takes effect:
The marketing carrier for the first flight on the ticket is free to apply the allowances and fees of the most significant carrier, and that allowance would apply on all the remaining flights on that ticket.
But if Delta (the marketing airline) defers to VA (the most significant carrier), doesn't then the following stipulation take effect?
For passengers whose ultimate ticketed origin or destination is a US point, US 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.
The marketing carrier still applies if an airline uses MSC. Since the flight is coded as DL, regardless of it being VS metal, it would be DL bag policy. Always go by the marketing carrier of whichever is used.