Originally Posted by
mmike_319
Great, thank you for the info. Apparently CI manages KE baggage at TPE (is that a thing? Dont want to make inaccurate claims) so have to go through them. They've been very helpful so far.
Quite likely that China Airlines deals with baggage for multiple airlines including KE...given the Skyteam partnership it would be odd to be otherwise at the other company's hub. They're using the industry-standard baggage system so perfectly reasonable that CI handles on behalf of KE.