Baggage fee to Costa Rica?
Sep 7, 2010, 3:48 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Baggage fee to Costa Rica?
Does AA charge baggage fees when traveling between the U.S. and Costa Rica? Their website is unclear. I do not have any status, etc. that would waive the fees.
Sep 7, 2010, 5:49 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: BiCoastal USA
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Baggage fee.
Maybe the credit card you use has some arrangement.
Regards,
socoast
Sep 7, 2010, 5:53 pm
#3
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Sep 7, 2010, 5:55 pm
#4
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I had a family member fly on an AA award ticket this year, and they didn't pay for checked luggage. I'm don't recall if they had 1 or 2 bags, though.
Of the 3 airlines that I've flown on there this year, I know CO and DL did not charge for the first 2 bags. No status.
Of the 3 airlines that I've flown on there this year, I know CO and DL did not charge for the first 2 bags. No status.
Sep 7, 2010, 9:45 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
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This isn't the question you asked, but it does relate to bags at SJO:
There's a point, sometimes fairly soon after the bags begin appearing on the carousel, at which handlers begin pulling them off and lining them up on the floor. It seems such a ridiculous thing to do that quickly because it creates less space on the floor and it's not where people expect to look for their bags. Passengers are standing around the carousel watching bags come out and don't notice that some guy on the other side is pulling them off, lining them up.
Anyway, if lines are long in passport control (and that's gotten better since the new immigration hall opened), if you don't see your bags on the carousel, look next to the carousel.
There's a point, sometimes fairly soon after the bags begin appearing on the carousel, at which handlers begin pulling them off and lining them up on the floor. It seems such a ridiculous thing to do that quickly because it creates less space on the floor and it's not where people expect to look for their bags. Passengers are standing around the carousel watching bags come out and don't notice that some guy on the other side is pulling them off, lining them up.
Anyway, if lines are long in passport control (and that's gotten better since the new immigration hall opened), if you don't see your bags on the carousel, look next to the carousel.
Sep 7, 2010, 10:22 pm
#6
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All AA.com says is to call reservations. Like most here on the AA forum, I am AA elite and do not have to pay bag charges, so I don't know the answer to your question.
Sep 8, 2010, 7:53 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Don't know if this is still the case, but we travelled to Costa Rica in late May. One ticket was a coach milesaver award, one was a heavily-discounted paid coach ticket. I had called about baggage fees, and was told Costa Rica is considered international for fee purposes, so there would be no charge. We currently have no status on AA so that wouldn't apply.
We were not charged baggage fees in either direction. NY to SJO had a changeover in Miami. SJO to JFK was a non-stop.
I'd still suggest calling to make sure, but that was our experience.
We were not charged baggage fees in either direction. NY to SJO had a changeover in Miami. SJO to JFK was a non-stop.
I'd still suggest calling to make sure, but that was our experience.
Sep 8, 2010, 9:58 am
#8
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I had a family member fly on an AA award ticket this year, and they didn't pay for checked luggage. I'm don't recall if they had 1 or 2 bags, though.
Of the 3 airlines that I've flown on there this year, I know CO and DL did not charge for the first 2 bags. No status.
Of the 3 airlines that I've flown on there this year, I know CO and DL did not charge for the first 2 bags. No status.
Sep 8, 2010, 10:01 am
#9
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First this was a ticket to Costa Rica, so it was not domestic. Second, it was not a AAnytime award, but a dirt cheap 30k Supersaver.