How about for separate itineraries on Alaska? I have a YYC-SEA trip on one booking and then SEA-SFO-ORD-SAN on another. If I check my bag in YYC, will it continue all the way to SAN? There is a 12 hour gap between landing in Seattle and departing however.

Read the first post.

I just tagged a bag FAI-ANC-ORD. One an award, the other revenue with no issue. That being said, that is a lot of segments. I think you might be ok, but will be up to the checkin agent in YYC. (Iirc 4 the limit on AS for electronically generated tags)

Definitely AS’s “problem” or unwillingness to check baggage through on separate tickets. I flew ANA in First on NRT-HNL recently. On a separate ticket was AS’s HNL-SEA. ANA was able to check my baggage through to SEA and print the boarding pass for the AS flight. Not the same alliance. Not even partners like AS and KE. Yet ANA was able to make it happen.

If i have a flight from LAS to SEA on a paid first class ticket and a flight on JAL from SEA to NRT using miles in premium economy on another booking on the same day, would the checked bags be checked in all the way from LAS to NRT?

Read the first post.

just curious has the "no interlining rule" on separate tickets been enforced strictly in reality? post #108 seems indicate that it may still be not

interested in the actions of SEA-based AS check in agents for an upcoming flight.

I’d bet it’s not enforced consistently yet. But does it really matter? You can’t count on having a right to interlining, so if the agent denies you interlining, you have no leg to stand on - can’t ask for a supervisor, pull out a rule book, or call customer service. You have to pick the bag up at the end of your first ticket, and so you hopefully booked the second one with a long enough time window so you have time to leave the secure area, grab the bag, stand in line at the checkin counter for the next airline to check it, and then go back through security. And in some cases that might even involve immigration.

And yes, you should probably always leave plenty of time between two self-connecting tickets to account for delays, but this is additive.

I picked up a few cans of Weinerschnizel chili in San Diego and forgot about the fact that they couldn't be taken in my carry on like I had planned so I decided why not check two cans of chili...lol. The AA agent decided it would be better to put the two cans in a box she had instead of checking the individual cans. My connecting flight from SEA-PDX was on a separate reservation so she could only check them to SEA. I put my home address on the box and wished it luck because I had zero intention of re-checking them in SEA. The cans of chili ended up on my doorstep a few days later...lol. The moral of the story is that if you're bags have a clearly written correct address on them and you're headed home, there is a good chance they'll end up on your doorstep if your flight is delayed and you don't have time to re-check them....the AS baggage service agents are THAT good!

Now I want some chili.

I would suspect that being a super elite and AS superfan with a home base in an actual Alaska station that’s more of a midsize town is more likely to get rules bent than Random Flyertalker With Zero Status on Random Multiticket Itinerary in SEA.

By all means if you want to be a data point let us know how it goes.

This was absolutely not my experience a few months ago departing SEA. I had two separate Alaska-ticketed itineraries: SEA-LAX on AS and LAX-SIN on SQ. They were ticketed separately, by Alaska, because only Main Cabin was available out of SEA....and it wasn't combinable with the SQ segment in Business.

I am Gold 100K and no matter how much I tried, or mentioned my elite status, or informed the agent that the policy had changed since the time of booking, or pointed-out that we had a tight connection in LAX, or even the emphasizing the fact that Alaska had created the two seperate itineraries, the agent would not budge. Not one inch. Which - as Alaska is usually very customer-focused and good to their elites - kinda shocked me.

So we landed at LAX T6, collected our bags, and schlepped (aka. 'sprinted') them over to TBIT. We arrived at SQ check-in sweaty and angry about this completely unnecessary Alaska-inflicted drama at the start of the trip.

Definitely made me question what has, until now, been a relatively unquestioned allegiance to Alaska.

Between this and the decreasing availability of upgrades into First due to their new in-app coaxing of Main Cabin passengers to spend a few more bucks and snap up any available seats, I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that I may have to reevaluate my loyalty to Alaska, as it is no longer as vaulable to them as it once was.

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fixed your last sentence

I’ve only been an AS flyer/fan for ~10 years (which is nowhere near as many on here), but I have certainly been paying attention to the way the program has been evolving over the past few years

imo you'll find a steadily diminishing number of long-term AS FTers who still subscribe to the idea that AS has (or, in truth, has ever really had) any loyalty to them

while many continue to be regulars for both personal and business travel, I’d offer that most have come to the realization that the airline’s customer service reputation has also evolved from “North of Expected” to better alignment with maintaining corporate financial performance

Not that I think the policy is anything other than a cash grab, but DYWKIA'ing as a known way around a general ban on interlining baggage on separate tickets would kind of suck for the non-elites- "rules for thee and exceptions for me". The actual policy prior to the change was applicable to all customers, as it is after the change.

While it's fun to vent on FT, please let AS know of your discontent with this rule. It's the only way to get them to reconsider.

As for agents breaking the new rule, they are honestly risking discipline (up to and including dismissal) if an audit is done of their check-ins and violations are found.