I bought a ticket with Aeromexico from Cancun to Madrid and they sold me a seperate ticket from Madrid to Rome on Alitalia. The major reason for this is that the Cancun portion is in Business using the Amex 2X1 promotion. When I made the reservation and bought the tickets, directly at Aeromexico ticket office, I was assured that the luggage will be checked through to Rome since Aeromexico and Alitalia are both part of Sky Team.

I was also told that Alitalia doesn't have any advance seat assignments on this route and that I would need to get the boarding passes in Madrid. Now, how will this work??? Will I be able to just walk off the plane and go directly to the Alitalia gate or will I have to leave the secured area and re-check with Alitalia???? Remembering that my luggage will be checked through. I have a 95 minute connection and they tell me that it's plenty of time and that I won't have to change terminals. Any comments????

Thanks