ARCHIVE: Baggage / luggage limits, interline, rules etc. (consolidated)
Nov 14, 2016, 10:00 am
#842
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Leeds UK
Programs: BD, AA, BA, CO Marriott Plat>gold, Hyatt Diamond>Plat,Hilton Gold SPG Gold PC Plat
Posts: 1,093
Nov 14, 2016, 10:03 am
#843
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Leeds UK
Programs: BD, AA, BA, CO Marriott Plat>gold, Hyatt Diamond>Plat,Hilton Gold SPG Gold PC Plat
Posts: 1,093
Nov 14, 2016, 8:16 pm
#844
Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW-In Plano & CDG-In the 11th
Programs: DL Diamond, AA revenue negative, Bonvoy Titanium +, Avis likes me
Posts: 3,209
Nov 29, 2016, 7:53 pm
#845
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 981
Will they check my bag through?
Day 1 mid afternoon SFO-ORD
Day 2 mid afternoon ORD-PEK
I really don't want to lug my bag around Chicago. will they check it all the way through? My time in ORD will be less than 24 hours. About 20 to be exact.
Day 2 mid afternoon ORD-PEK
I really don't want to lug my bag around Chicago. will they check it all the way through? My time in ORD will be less than 24 hours. About 20 to be exact.
Nov 29, 2016, 7:59 pm
#846
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: NYC,MIA,XFL
Programs: AA EXP, B6 Mosaic, DL PM
Posts: 863
no. they won't through check on a connection over 12 hours
Nov 29, 2016, 8:59 pm
#848
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Are you on separate tickets or PNRs? Are you remaining in Chicago over eleven hours? In either case you will have to recover your baggage and recheck.
In this instance, you may wish to see if you can store your bag at the Hilton in ORD (not farvfrom light rail into town).
In this instance, you may wish to see if you can store your bag at the Hilton in ORD (not farvfrom light rail into town).
Dec 3, 2016, 5:54 am
#849
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SYD / HKG / BCN
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 349
Platinum baggage allowance for Asia-North America flights?
It seems like it should be very simple to find an answer to this question from the AA web site, but as far as I can tell, it is not clearly spelled out.
I am shortly going to be flying from HKG to the US on AA metal, economy, and this being Christmas time will be carrying more stuff than I would prefer. The free checked baggage allowance for all Y passengers on this route would appear to be two bags. As an AA Plat, do I really not get any additional baggage allowance beyond that?
And, in those circumstances in which Plats do get an extra allowance, does that allowance extend to non-Plats travelling the same itinerary in the same PNR, as it used to with USAirways (my partner is Gold only)?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
David
I am shortly going to be flying from HKG to the US on AA metal, economy, and this being Christmas time will be carrying more stuff than I would prefer. The free checked baggage allowance for all Y passengers on this route would appear to be two bags. As an AA Plat, do I really not get any additional baggage allowance beyond that?
And, in those circumstances in which Plats do get an extra allowance, does that allowance extend to non-Plats travelling the same itinerary in the same PNR, as it used to with USAirways (my partner is Gold only)?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
David
Dec 3, 2016, 11:31 am
#850
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
It seems like it should be very simple to find an answer to this question from the AA web site, but as far as I can tell, it is not clearly spelled out.
I am shortly going to be flying from HKG to the US on AA metal, economy, and this being Christmas time will be carrying more stuff than I would prefer. The free checked baggage allowance for all Y passengers on this route would appear to be two bags. As an AA Plat, do I really not get any additional baggage allowance beyond that?
And, in those circumstances in which Plats do get an extra allowance, does that allowance extend to non-Plats travelling the same itinerary in the same PNR, as it used to with USAirways (my partner is Gold only)?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
David
I am shortly going to be flying from HKG to the US on AA metal, economy, and this being Christmas time will be carrying more stuff than I would prefer. The free checked baggage allowance for all Y passengers on this route would appear to be two bags. As an AA Plat, do I really not get any additional baggage allowance beyond that?
And, in those circumstances in which Plats do get an extra allowance, does that allowance extend to non-Plats travelling the same itinerary in the same PNR, as it used to with USAirways (my partner is Gold only)?
Thanks for any input.
Cheers,
David
Checked Baggage / Luggage on AA and Partners
AA Plat redeeming miles - does traveling companion also get the 2 free checked bags?
The answers appear to be:
1. That is correct
2. Yes, 2
But best to read for yourself.
Dec 5, 2016, 7:32 am
#851
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Somewhere between Singapore and the US
Programs: Qantas Platinum, SQ Krisflyer PPS, UA 1p, Marriot Lifetime Platinum, American EXP
Posts: 988
Travel from Turin Italy to PHL checked bag question
My niece in Turin Italy is traveling to Philadelphia later this month, she is looking at booking TRN-MUC-PHL this means Lufthansa from Turin and American from Munich. After searching the forum and getting overwhelmed with the results (guess I did not come up with a good search string) I have the following questions:
1) Will she be able to check the bags at TRN to the final destination PHL?
2) If she can not check bags to PHL from TRN will 2 hours be enough time for the connection in MUC?
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays
1) Will she be able to check the bags at TRN to the final destination PHL?
2) If she can not check bags to PHL from TRN will 2 hours be enough time for the connection in MUC?
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays
Dec 5, 2016, 7:51 am
#852
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BOS, BWI, DCA, IAD
Programs: American, Delta, JetBlue, United
Posts: 2,049
My niece in Turin Italy is traveling to Philadelphia later this month, she is looking at booking TRN-MUC-PHL this means Lufthansa from Turin and American from Munich. After searching the forum and getting overwhelmed with the results (guess I did not come up with a good search string) I have the following questions:
1) Will she be able to check the bags at TRN to the final destination PHL?
2) If she can not check bags to PHL from TRN will 2 hours be enough time for the connection in MUC?
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays
1) Will she be able to check the bags at TRN to the final destination PHL?
2) If she can not check bags to PHL from TRN will 2 hours be enough time for the connection in MUC?
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays
Dec 9, 2016, 11:36 am
#853
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: LAX now DUS
Programs: AA LT Plat, IHG Plat., former LH HON (now Silver), Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 774
Bag allowance SE Asia
My wife is flying on an award ticket in Y from LAX to NRT (AA169) and connects to a Vietnam Airlines Y to SGN. First leg to NRT she is allowed the generous 2 bags, but VN Airlines has a 20kg limit. How is this handled when she checks into LAX AA counter, the bags are checked through and how is it going to affect bag fees?
Dec 9, 2016, 11:43 am
#854
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: AA
Posts: 14,728
Assuming this is on one ticket, AA's baggage allowance will apply for both flights, so VN's lower limits won't affect your wife.
If it's not on one ticket, then your wife's bags will only be checked to NRT (because AA won't check bags through on separate tickets) and she will have to collect her bags and recheck in with VN and be subject to their limits and fees.
If it's not on one ticket, then your wife's bags will only be checked to NRT (because AA won't check bags through on separate tickets) and she will have to collect her bags and recheck in with VN and be subject to their limits and fees.
Dec 19, 2016, 11:12 am
#855
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Kamuela, HI
Programs: AA-Plat
Posts: 462
2 PNRs both flights on AA
Through Checked Baggage Policy (AA, 1 Sep 2016)
To align American Airlines (AA) with our oneworld partners and to reduce
baggage mishandlings, we will now only through check customers and
baggage when all the tickets are in the same PNR.
Got to experience this new policy first hand in November. We had a flight from AUS to LAX and a separate PNR from LAX to KOA. We had originally booked as 2 separate flights to accommodate a day in LAX on the way to AUS as well as different cabins. When we originally booked, there was no way to mix coach and first class between the flights, so we book KOA/LAX - LAX/KOA and a separate PNR LAX/AUS - AUS/LAX.
When we went to AUS to attempt to check-through our luggage to KOA, we were told this was no longer an option. Good thing our luggage was carry-on size so we opted to carry-on to avoid having to re-check through security at LAX.
Lesson learned for future flights on AA.
To align American Airlines (AA) with our oneworld partners and to reduce
baggage mishandlings, we will now only through check customers and
baggage when all the tickets are in the same PNR.
Got to experience this new policy first hand in November. We had a flight from AUS to LAX and a separate PNR from LAX to KOA. We had originally booked as 2 separate flights to accommodate a day in LAX on the way to AUS as well as different cabins. When we originally booked, there was no way to mix coach and first class between the flights, so we book KOA/LAX - LAX/KOA and a separate PNR LAX/AUS - AUS/LAX.
When we went to AUS to attempt to check-through our luggage to KOA, we were told this was no longer an option. Good thing our luggage was carry-on size so we opted to carry-on to avoid having to re-check through security at LAX.
Lesson learned for future flights on AA.