mlm

I used Advantage miles to book economy seat on an Alaska Air/AA codeshare flight from LAX to JFK (Alaska Air metal). I get free checked bag on AA (lifetime gold) flights. Will I need to pay to check the bag since this flight is Alaska Air metal ?

Should I check in using the AA locator or the Alaska Air locator ?
Thank you.

wrp96

The policy of the airline actually operating the flights will apply. As it is an AS flight, you will follow their checked bag policies.

3Cforme

If you used AA miles it's not a codeshare flight: it is Alaska-marketed, as in Alaska flight 987. U.S. DOT rules on domestic flights call for the baggage rules of the marketing carrier of the first segment be used throughout the itinerary.

Often1

No,

It is the baggage policy of the marketing carrier of the first segment of the ticket. That is and has been US law since 2011. . Your baggage allowance is also, under the same US law, listed on your e-ticket receipt. It will show the fees, if any, for the first and second bags.

If for any reason the e-ticket receipt is incorrect, have it fixed now as that is what the AS agent will see at bag check.

mvoight

Are you saying you can't use AA miles on a code share flight (AA marketed) operated by AS?

Dave Noble

There are , ime, very few cases where it is possible to get redemption seats on a codeshare; it is nesrly always necessary to book on the operating airlines's flight number

I don't think that AA codeshares on AS are in those rare exceptions

mlm

You are correct, I never thought to look at my receipt but it's clear, I will be charged:
Baggage Information

Baggage charges for your itinerary will be governed by Alaska Airlines BAG ALLOWANCE -LAXJFK-No free checked bags/ Alaska Airlines 1STCHECKED BAG FEE-LAXJFK-USD25.00/ Alaska Airlines /UP TO 50 POUNDS/23 KILOGRAMS AND UP TO 62 LINEAR INCHES/158 LINEAR CENTIMETERS** 2NDCHECKED BAG FEE-LAXJFK-USD25.00/ Alaska Airlines /UP TO 50 POUNDS/23 KILOGRAMS AND UP TO 62 LINEAR INCHES/158 LINEAR CENTIMETERS** **BAG FEES APPLY AT EACH CHECK IN LOCATION

ashill

This is in practice correct because the OP is asking about status-based bag fee waivers, not the underlying ticketed baggage allowance.

That is true but not relevant. Status-based bag fee waivers are based on the operating carrier of the first segment that day (ie the carrier you check in with). The baggage allowance and bag fee is normally based on the marketing carrier. Therefore, if the OP really were on an AA-marketed flight, it would be the AA, not the AS, bag fee that would apply unless it were waived. But AA and AS have the same first bag fee anyway in most cases, so that's rarely relevant. (Whatever the eticket receipt says is legally binding, though there have been reports of trouble with getting AS to follow a zero bag fee that is listed on an AA ticket for AA elites.)

Often1

As OP found out and as US law has required since 2011, just look at your e-ticket receipt.

JDiver

That’s pretty much the way it is. AA miles are generally for prime flights, marketed by the operating airline.

ashill

Again, when it comes to elite status-based bag fee waivers, that is not correct. Most airlines do not put bag fee waivers based on status or a credit card in the eticket receipt (though AA sometimes does [did?], including sometimes incorrectly).

LonghornDXB

E ticket receipt may not be considered in some cases.

Flew DFW-DXB-DFW, which gives 2 checked in bags for an AA Ticket

Flying back DXB-DFW, BA Agent says her system says 1 bag, as it is the default option for all BA passengers flying DXB-LHR

Dave Noble

Did it state 2 bags on the receipt. Looking at AA's checked baggage page, it only seems to indicate 1st bag free

Andriyko

Status based waivers are not part of the ticketed allowance, which is why they do not appear on the ticket. AS does not have to waive a fee that AA waives on its own flights.