Originally Posted by
ldsant
Mike:
I'm not sure about this one, but I know if it's *Alliance you can just check in and your baggage would end up at your final destination. You'll probably have it checked to LHR (and yes 2.5 hours is enough time) then have to pick it up and take it to Air France where you'll check in and have them take over at that point.
However; some other folks may have different ideas on this one. And yes, UA would be in charge of your baggage from your start point to end point.
Unfortunately, AF is not part of *Alliance. There is, presently, no reasonable way to fly a *A carrier LHR-CDG.
Having to lug a pair of bikes, in bags (without wheels) through the LHR maze would
not be fun. If it was something like a domestic US terminal, where all you have to do is claim them and re-check them in the same area, it wouldn't be so bad.
I wonder if there's any way to reach someone at UA who could tell me? I have a feeling a ticket agent, who would be involved with routing checked baggage, would have a much better idea than someone you'd talk to on the phone...