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Old May 27, 2025 | 12:29 pm
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Originally Posted by andys84
Hi all,

I have a companion voucher booking for LHR-CPT later this year in J, but am yet to book the inbound due to lack of reward seat availability.

Now considering booking one of the available reward seats from JNB back to LHR in J, I'll call up BAC to make this change to ensure the 50% avios reduction is applied to the return leg.

My question is, if I then book a completely separate internal flight with Airlink from CPT-JNB for earlier on the day of our return, is there any chance our luggage will be checked through so that we don't have to collect and re-check it in at JNB?

Thanks
that would depend on airlink and their policy on through checking on separate tickets


My understanding is that Airlink generally does not automatically through-check luggage when flights are booked on separate tickets. This means that if you have two distinct bookings—for example, one with Airlink and another with a different airline—you will typically need to collect your checked baggage at the end of the first flight and re-check it for the second.


You may get better guidance on the forum that covers airlink
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