Interline baggage on one award/PNR between airlines without agreements?
Nov 19, 2017, 6:08 am
#1
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Interline baggage on one award/PNR between airlines without agreements?
I think this is a bit of a niche situation/question, but...
I have a DUB-LHR-HKG-AKL-PPT award on BA, CX, and TN which I'm considering changing to DUB-LHR-KUL-AKL-PPT with MH for one of the legs. However MH doesn't have an interline baggage agreement with TN.
If I made this change would we have to manually re-check our bags at AKL where we connect from MH to TN?
Or will our first leg on BA (which has interline with TN) make it work through to PPT?
Thanks!
I have a DUB-LHR-HKG-AKL-PPT award on BA, CX, and TN which I'm considering changing to DUB-LHR-KUL-AKL-PPT with MH for one of the legs. However MH doesn't have an interline baggage agreement with TN.
If I made this change would we have to manually re-check our bags at AKL where we connect from MH to TN?
Or will our first leg on BA (which has interline with TN) make it work through to PPT?
Thanks!
Nov 19, 2017, 11:30 am
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If MH does not internline with TN, it will not deliver your bags to TN. That is definitionally what interlining is all about. If BA misses that fact and checks the bags through, they still won't be delivered to TN by MH.
In theory, the bag tags should not even print, but senior agents who manually override the system may think they are doing you a favor. They are not.
In theory, the bag tags should not even print, but senior agents who manually override the system may think they are doing you a favor. They are not.
Nov 20, 2017, 2:47 pm
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If MH does not internline with TN, it will not deliver your bags to TN. That is definitionally what interlining is all about. If BA misses that fact and checks the bags through, they still won't be delivered to TN by MH.
In theory, the bag tags should not even print, but senior agents who manually override the system may think they are doing you a favor. They are not.
In theory, the bag tags should not even print, but senior agents who manually override the system may think they are doing you a favor. They are not.
Would I be understanding correctly that the bags would be checked to AKL where we'd then have to recheck to TN for the last AKL-PPT leg?
Nov 20, 2017, 3:00 pm
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Scratch this option - not going to recheck bags twice on one ticket (and I feel like AA ticket this anyway despite a confident agent)!