Originally Posted by
nacho
The first leg was with SN and I was ready to pay (I said I have one checked bag and waited for her to charge me but she didn't).
I was trying to find out my alternatives when I found out how sucks it is with UA's BE tickets - no one could tell me how much it costs to check a bag - this time it turned out ok but I was trying to see if there are alternatives to this.
You were connecting on to the US weren't you? That makes the ticket intercontinental. It's not the first leg that matters, it's the overall itinerary.
Plus, well, agent has some discretion, as Oliver mentions.