Originally Posted by
satish_ny
This is not true. I have checked in bags with BA for connecting flights on EK, 9W, AI, IC, IT (Kingfisher), S2 (Sahara) and few others I cannot remember at the moment... It would still have been useful to add it to the the same PNR even if it was a separate ticket.
It's actually their policy. It doesn't mean that they always follow it, particularly from the out stations, but that is their stated policy.
It's risky to assume that because you've always had the policy ignored for you that a) it's ignored for everyone and b) that it will always be ignored