Originally Posted by
benpharr
Also, I've read elsewhere that Delta would check our baggage all the way through to Maui. How do we arrange that?
Thanks,
Ben
DL’s policy is not to check bags to HA in your situation. The exception might be if you book the HA flight with DL miles at 7.5K miles per ticket, as DL says they will through check across a DL ticket and a Skymiles Award ticket on its Through Check Exception Policy page.
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html
Otherwise per policy DL is not obligated to through check your bags if you have an HA ticket booked through HA.
I’ve done the reverse many times (HA island hopper on one ticket and then a DL or AA ticket back to the mainland). I’ve usually allowed 3.5 to 4 hours for the transfer to provide ample cushion for the delays plus time to claim bags, transfer terminals, and re-check-in with DL and AA. I have not done it the way you’re doing it though, either because I flew to Oahu first and stayed there or flew direct to the island I was going to on the way there.
As a possible consideration, have you had a major schedule change since you booked? If so, you may be able to switch to OGG at no cost. I’ve even had the website allow me to switch between OGG and HNL following schedule changes without it trying to charge a fare difference (I never booked it but observed this while playing with options following a schedule change). Or you could try calling. An agent may push it through though I wouldn’t push too hard if they won’t.
As noted in GagaPilot’s post you can also check to see about refaring your ticket to OGG. If it’s not much more than the island hop (and bag fees!) would be, it could be worth refaring so you have a ticket into OGG, either direct into OGG from the mainland via SEA or LAX (or maybe SLC) or with the HA segment as a DL codeshare from HNL.
Originally Posted by
GagaPilot
As for luggage, you can request Delta to check your bags all the way to Maui even on separate tickets as they have an interline agreement with Hawaiian. You will need to show your printed Hawaiian itinerary to the Delta agent at bag drop showing the flight numbers. However, note that some agents don't know how to do this. Be prepared for having to ask for a "red coat" (supervisor) and even then they might not know how to do it.
HA is not one of the exception carriers which DL will by policy tag bags across separate tickets so this should not be banked on or planned for. If an agent will grant an exception and will tag the bags across separate tickets then it should be viewed as a lucky favor but OP should not be too pushy asking for this at the counter since DL can point to its policy for not having to do it.