Originally Posted by
invisible
The problem is that while SFO-ICN/NRT-SFO has 2 free checked bags allowance, RNO-SFO-RNO has zero. I was thinking combining these two would allow her to have bags checked thru.
Originally Posted by
cfischer
Usually, UA will take the higher allowance. There have been some reports recently where that was not the case, but the vast majority of (including my own) experiences the higher allowance prevailed. As long as the domestic hop is in regular Eco (no BE!) then the bag allowance should come through.
Agreed. In fact, the method by which they go in and print the bag tags to RNO involves temporarily adding the connecting segment to the reservation that holds the initial segment, so the computer will compute the bag allowance as if the ticket were purchased that way in the first place.