What Airlines Does AS have Interline Baggage agreements with?
Jan 2, 2010, 1:25 pm
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Thank you. That was my point exactly.
Jan 26, 2010, 11:11 am
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IATA doesn't require interline agreement
I learned this, and I believe it is still true. Any airline that is a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) must, as a requiremembership of membership, accept baggage for interline transfer to any other IATA carrier.
Before I did my research, I thought almost all airlines are IATA member airlines. Not so.
Before I did my research, I thought almost all airlines are IATA member airlines. Not so.
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Apr 23, 2010, 2:09 am
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Apr 24, 2010, 1:06 am
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No four-segment max that I've ever heard of. I flew SYD-SIN-LHR-LAX-SEA-ANC and all of my bags arrived with me in ANC (I was rather surprised they did!).
Sep 24, 2011, 1:06 pm
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GRU-MEX-LAX, going from TAM to AS, bought on one ticket through aa.com. Will bags be checked thru or do I need to pick them up in MEX and recheck?
Sep 25, 2011, 8:28 am
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I assume GRU will not be your final stop before port of entry since you stop in MEX so I assume you will have to recheck bags through an agent? I am just assuming I dont know for sure
Sep 25, 2011, 3:08 pm
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Flew SEA-SFO-LHR on AS and then VS two weeks ago. Two separate tickets. AS checked all the way through to LHR for me.
Oddly, on the way back VS couldn't check through to SEA. From talking to the agent in LHR I think it has something to do with security inbound to the US.
Oddly, on the way back VS couldn't check through to SEA. From talking to the agent in LHR I think it has something to do with security inbound to the US.
Sep 25, 2011, 10:35 pm
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I may have been unclear. I will be in Sao Paulo and leave from there to go to LAX. I take TAM to MEX and then AS onto LAX. I am just wondering if TAM and AS have an agreement and if my bags would be check thru to LAX.
Sep 26, 2011, 7:26 am
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Flew SEA-SFO-LHR on AS and then VS two weeks ago. Two separate tickets. AS checked all the way through to LHR for me.
Oddly, on the way back VS couldn't check through to SEA. From talking to the agent in LHR I think it has something to do with security inbound to the US.
Oddly, on the way back VS couldn't check through to SEA. From talking to the agent in LHR I think it has something to do with security inbound to the US.
Jun 26, 2013, 6:49 pm
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AS-HA baggage agreement?
Because AS has terrible routing from PDX to LIH I am finding it way cheaper and better flight times to buy 2 tickets. The RT PDX-HNL on AS
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.
Jun 26, 2013, 11:43 pm
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AS should. HA won't on the return.
Is the n/s seasonal? I'd rather cnx in SEA or SJC/OAK myself.
Originally Posted by ijkh
Because AS has terrible routing from PDX to LIH I am finding it way cheaper and better flight times to buy 2 tickets. The RT PDX-HNL on AS
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.
Is the n/s seasonal? I'd rather cnx in SEA or SJC/OAK myself.
Jul 29, 2013, 6:41 pm
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I have ANC-LAX-HKG-JNB currently ticketed on AS & CX. If I add JNB-CPT on SA will AS Interline this and print onto the luggage tag? (separate ticket for SA hop) CX seems to Interline to SA. If not I can check in CX forum if I can modify the bag tag later in LAX or HKG. (Funny going from AS to SA
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Jul 29, 2013, 10:14 pm
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The staff in Barcelona refused my request to tag thebags all the way through. I then spoke to a manager who agreed that since Alaska is not a one world partner and there were 2 tickets bought-one for BA and one for Alaska-it was "against the rules" to tag the bag all the way home. Oddly, the family one station over from me on check in was doing the exact same thing but coming home via Vancouver and since it was one itinerary, they tagged it all the way through to PDX. I went to the Concorde Room at Heathrow during my 3.5 hour layover and asked them to retrieve and retag the bags. Another manager was called to the lounge. She was gracious and told me "no" and what had been done in Barcelona was "correct". Oh.
Many hours later carrying my bags from the international terminal to terminal 6 at LAX, I had a lot of time to mutter "how hard can this be" and after 24 hours of travel, it was very very hard.
Oddly, on the way to Europe, Alaska tagged my bags all the way through. No questions asked. They even gave me boarding passes for the BA flights. Sigh.
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Jul 29, 2013, 10:47 pm
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Because AS has terrible routing from PDX to LIH I am finding it way cheaper and better flight times to buy 2 tickets. The RT PDX-HNL on AS
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.
The RT HNL-LIH on Hawaiian. The question is will AS check our bags all the way to LIH at PDX for us?
Hawaiian is a competitor but the price and timing of the tickets is right.