Originally Posted by
Covidian98
I thought you originally said I would need to ask AC agent at the check-in counter to waive the baggage fee for the second bag, since the baggage allowance that was shown for this trip (on United’s website) was only 1 bag.
Originally Posted by
PTahCha
Checking in online with your AC account logged in would change the FF number to your Aeroplan number instead of UA MP number, which gives you two bags. Whether that has any effect on down segments (i.e., crediting to AC instead of UA) is a different story.
Yep, exactly, AC is notorious for swapping in AC FQTV when checking in using an AC account. It in essence does the same as the agent at check-in associating your AC#. They usually then hijack the entire ticket and all flights get credited to AC ... usually