Originally Posted by
Curtdog9
LHG
I’m looking to book round trip flights on the Lufthansa website from Lax-Fra-Vfa and Vfa-Jnb-Fra-Lax all on one PNR.
The Lax-Fra is a LH flight and the Fra-Vfa is a Eurowings Discover codeshare flight. When checking in for the Lax-Fra flight will LH also issue my boarding pass and transfer my luggage for the next flight on EW Discover from Fra-Vfa?
On the return leg when checking in for the flight from Vfa-Jnb an Airlink flight do I check in with Airlink or LH? If Airlink do I use the same PNR# issued by LH or do I need the Airlink PNR#?
Will Airlink also issue my boarding passes for the LH flights Jnb-Fra and Fra-Lax and transfer my luggage to the Jnb-Fra flight from Vfa? If Airlink only transfers my luggage does LH have a airside transfer counter at Jnb to pickup my boarding passes for the Jnb-Fra-Lax flights?
I know that LH and Airlink are Star Alliance members, have an interline agreement and both use Amadeus Altéa Passenger Services System.
Hello Curtdog9,
Concerning your outbound flights, your luggage can be through checked-in to VFA and the colleagues at LAX will also issue your boarding pass for the Eurowings Discover flight. In regard to your return flights, you will be checked-in by the first operating airline, in that case, Airlink. The colleagues should be able to retrieve your reservation, using your ticket number, if not the PNR directly. According to our information, you will not have to pick up your luggage at JNB, neither is a customs clearance required, as long as your connecting flight is international (to Frankfurt). For your last question, regarding the possibility to pick up your boarding passes at JNB, I have just asked my colleagues at the local office, and we will get back to you, as soon as we receive an answer.
Kind regards,
Anna