Hi there. Am I correct in understanding that a UA award ticket on a partner airline should always include a free checked baggage allowance? There are a small number of mentions of problems in this thread, but no further info about whether the issues were resolved. The UA
checked baggage calculator would lead you to believe that the first bag is free, at least on the carriers I looked at.
I'm specifically interested in Economy awards SPU-ZAG (Croatia Airlines) and ATH-DBV (Aegean or Croatian).