Originally Posted by
resolute
How come back in the old days they would just use one of those pink "interline" baggage tags where they wrote the final destination and whatever airline on it? Can't they just do something similar today on the computer and have it print out a tag for whatever destination, using whatever airline code they want? Seems easy enough.. Any airline should be able to transfer bags to another at an airport where they both have a presence..
It has to do with liability for lost/damage bags and also bag fees now. DL is still far more generous than AA is (though I think less generous that Star Alliance). AA won't even through check bags on separate AA tickets. If on separate tickets, AA will force you to claim bags and recheck between tickets. DL will through check on separate DL to DL and DL to several other partners, even if on separate tickets.
Originally Posted by
BNAChairman
Seems like it should be easy enough but some agents just want to do the bare minimum. Departing SAN on DL on an international itinerary with two different tickets on a variety of partner carriers was no sweat for an agent to check bags through to the final destination. Returning on KLM and connecting via Aeromexico with two different AM tickets was too much for the agent to digest. She wouldn't even look at the second ticket so we had to claim bags during the journey.
What you define as the bare minimum may well be driven by policy and each airline has their own. DL will through-check to several partners if on separate tickets, but will not do so (or at a minimum, is under no obligation to do so) on separate tickets for those airlines not listed here.
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html