Originally Posted by
jsloan
OK, fair enough.
The 14 hour layover at MEX is part of the problem. The reason that it's showing separate baggage charges for the UA legs and the NH legs is that, per UA policy, you will need to pick up and re-check your luggage at MEX:
Overnight, long layover/connection check through baggage question (consolidated)
As for how much free luggage you get -- that's really difficult to say. I
think it will be 2 bags at 50 lbs each, because I think it's going to be figured based on a US-China trip (assuming your final destination is in China), And, since that's what's on your receipt, I think you can argue for that successfully (as opposed to the US-Mexico allowance, which is zero). Since the DOT requires that the charges be correct on the receipt, if they do charge you, and refuse to budge when you argue, file a refund request and a DOT complaint after the fact.
There's a
possibility that you might get the 70 lbs, but I wouldn't count on it personally.
Hope this helps.
is there any way I can talk to UA counter to check the luggage all the way to China, really do not want to enter MEX as their custom would toss/pat luggage upside down
also I do not mind paying a visit to UA counter (hub airport ) to get it clarified before the trip.
for the luggage limit, I think this is a quite complicated case, UA system seems not to be able to get a award ticket with more than 3 connections (even search as multi-city), so I phoned in to get it ticketed (as well as there is a lot of ghost tickets due to travel/flight restriction)
honestly speaking, I paid 100K for this trip, I think I was charged more than the UA standard award chart, but much less than multi-city (which should be the sum of all single legs), why? for example the xxx-IAH-MEX fee is 5.6, and MEX-NRT fee is something 40ish, and NRT-PVG fee is 34.4, but I paid 27.6 fee.
the reservation CSR kept saying they could not find a published award pricing for such a complicated trip
PS: there is a recent DP that someone fly ATL-(DL)-MEX-(NH)-NRT-(NH)-PVG (two tickets!!!!), and get the luggage checked all the way to China, sorry but that is in Chinese, I am not linking it here
MEX changed how it handles transit now, after the luggage claim, there is no door to transit but only one exit to entering Mexico