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Old Sep 18, 2007, 5:23 pm
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nnn
 
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UA/LH/A3 baggage thru-tagging

I posted this on the UA forum, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get any answers there, so am trying again here...


We are flying, on a single UA 016 ticket:

Outbound:
SFO-FRA UA
FRA-ATH A3 (operated by Aegean Airlines; codeshare using LH flight number)
ATH-SKG A3 (non-codeshare)

Return:
JMK-ATH OA (Olympic Airlines)
ATH-FRA LH (non-codeshare)
FRA-SFO UA

(Note that all of the above airports except SFO are Schengen airports.)

1) On the outbound, will UA be able to check the baggage all the way through to SKG? Also, if the bags are "checked through," will I still have to retrieve the them in FRA when clearing customs and immigration (because FRA-ATH and ATH-SKG are considered "domestic")? If the answer to both of these are "yes," then will a new weight limit potentially apply when I drop my bags back off with A3 in FRA, or will the fact that the bags were already "checked through" mean that they will not be weighed again?

2) Same questions for the return trip.

I know that the Aegean Airlines website does not list United Airlines as an interlining partner, but United sold me the above ticket, which includes segments on Aegean, so I thought maybe the list on the Aegean website was out of date.

Thanks again!
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