ARCHIVE: Baggage / luggage limits, interline, rules etc. (consolidated)
Mar 31, 2016, 8:32 am
#631
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What does your e-ticket confirmation say?
Mar 31, 2016, 8:59 am
#632
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E_ticket confirmations cite standard allowances, not credit card-enhanced nor elite enhanced.
Mar 31, 2016, 9:03 am
#633
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Mar 31, 2016, 9:14 am
#634
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Hmm, now I have a decision to make. I've never checked the e-ticket because I knew I would get free checked baggage either because of elite status or having the credit card. I still have the itinerary on "Hold" and haven't paid yet because I was trying to find out if I should use my AAdvantage number or my AS Mileage Plan number to book depending on which one, if either, gets the free checked bag benefit since the first flight is a codeshare on AS.....
Mar 31, 2016, 9:33 am
#635
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What did your last AA e-ticket confirmation say? The bag entitlement on AA is tied to your AAdvantage number, and I'd bet dollars to donuts it had the correct entitlement. If it did, you'll be good.
Mar 31, 2016, 9:50 am
#636
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OP’s case first leg PDX-LAX is on AS, isn’t it? Then will AS baggage allowance apply on OP’s situation?
Mar 31, 2016, 10:27 am
#637
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If it's marketed by AA, AA's baggage policy will apply, but the marketing carrier generally does not honor exceptions to the standard baggage allowance. However, I believe AS does recognize AA Gold status.
Mar 31, 2016, 10:53 am
#638
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It's been my experience that if you book on AA and use the AA card, AS will not give you free baggage. The AS benefit is based on your AS credit card. And since AS is the first flight, the AA card doesn't help. I don't know if AS will recognize the benefit from the AS card if you pay with that on the AA site. The terms might say book on AS and pay with card. But, if they say fly on AS and pay with card, IMHO the benefit should follow.
Mar 31, 2016, 11:22 am
#639
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Apparently, that e-ticket is the only one from last year I deleted for some unknown reason!
Mar 31, 2016, 11:34 am
#640
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"New Elite Status Benefits on Alaska Airlines
Now AAdvantage® elite status members can enjoy new benefits, including priority check-in and boarding, express security lanes, preferred seating and waived checked baggage fees, when flying on Alaska Airlines"
Checked baggage fee is waived for all elite tiers.
Thanks to all for your input.
Apr 1, 2016, 9:12 am
#641
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Question for airline employees. I am flying non-rev to go skiing. I am checking my ski bag. If I don't get on they pull the bag off right so I wont have to go try and figure out how to get it in California?
Apr 1, 2016, 7:05 pm
#642
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Interline bag to BA hand bag only fare
I have a family member traveling on an AA J ticket to LHR, where they will transfer to a BA flight I need to book separately.
Will there be a problem within checking in a bag for the AA flight and interlining it to the BA flight, if I book the BA flight as an hand baggage only fare? I will save 20 euro by doing that.
Any experiences with this would be helpful.
Will there be a problem within checking in a bag for the AA flight and interlining it to the BA flight, if I book the BA flight as an hand baggage only fare? I will save 20 euro by doing that.
Any experiences with this would be helpful.
Apr 1, 2016, 8:11 pm
#643
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Luggage / Baggage question
In a couple of days I'm flying LIH-LAX-JFK-LHR-DUB (first three flights on AA metal, last leg on BA metal)
Can anybody advise whether, once I check my bags at Lihue, I will need to collect/recheck them at either LAX or JFK. (Hoping to try out flagship lounges and dealing with luggage would significantly reduce the chances of this happening).
Thanks very much.
Can anybody advise whether, once I check my bags at Lihue, I will need to collect/recheck them at either LAX or JFK. (Hoping to try out flagship lounges and dealing with luggage would significantly reduce the chances of this happening).
Thanks very much.
Apr 1, 2016, 8:20 pm
#644
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Nope. They will be checked through to DUB and there'll be no need to collect them on the way.
Apr 1, 2016, 8:34 pm
#645
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: LHR
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Great - thank you very much. (Had to collect at both JFK and LAX on the way out which was a pain.)