Codeshare flights - which airline's checkin desk??
Jun 2, 2010, 1:47 am
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Codeshare flights - which airline's checkin desk??
OK, so probably a silly question 
, but despite having flown hundreds of sectors totalling more than a million miles in the last 8 years, I have never had a codeshare flight. However in a few weeks I'll be bumbling down to SYD on the QF A380 but on a BA issued ticket as BA7372. So, can I check in (I'm assuming BA MMB will not work for this) and dump bags at the BA desks, the QF desks or either?
, but despite having flown hundreds of sectors totalling more than a million miles in the last 8 years, I have never had a codeshare flight. However in a few weeks I'll be bumbling down to SYD on the QF A380 but on a BA issued ticket as BA7372. So, can I check in (I'm assuming BA MMB will not work for this) and dump bags at the BA desks, the QF desks or either?
Jun 2, 2010, 8:45 pm
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Jun 2, 2010, 8:56 pm
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Jun 3, 2010, 7:25 am
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I have the reverse situation coming up shortly: flying LHR-SYD on BA metal but a QF flight number. So presumably I will check in with BA at LHR. Will I get the (more generous) BA luggage allowance? And, if so, does that allowance follow through onto the QF domestic connection I have from SYD (which is on the same ticket)?
Jun 3, 2010, 11:27 am
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If you're lucky.
Last time I was on a codeshare it was an BA ticket and IB operated: I couldn't check in on ba.com (even though I'd been able to do advance seat selection there) but I could on the Iberia site.
But in terms of desks, as per the OP, always the operating carrier like Swanhunter says.
Last time I was on a codeshare it was an BA ticket and IB operated: I couldn't check in on ba.com (even though I'd been able to do advance seat selection there) but I could on the Iberia site.
But in terms of desks, as per the OP, always the operating carrier like Swanhunter says.
Jun 3, 2010, 1:33 pm
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Jun 3, 2010, 1:35 pm
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If you're lucky.
Last time I was on a codeshare it was an BA ticket and IB operated: I couldn't check in on ba.com (even though I'd been able to do advance seat selection there) but I could on the Iberia site.
But in terms of desks, as per the OP, always the operating carrier like Swanhunter says.
Last time I was on a codeshare it was an BA ticket and IB operated: I couldn't check in on ba.com (even though I'd been able to do advance seat selection there) but I could on the Iberia site.
But in terms of desks, as per the OP, always the operating carrier like Swanhunter says.
Jun 3, 2010, 1:47 pm
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Maybe someone can refresh my memory here. Before OneWorld in the early 90ties, I remember BA codesharing with SK ARN-LHR.
It was very silly, if I bought the ticket with BA. I would check in at T2 and then bussed to T5 to board the SK flight. SK pax checked in at T5.
On one occasion I decided to skip the T2 check in and went directly to T5. It was a mess as the check in agent told me I had a BA ticket and should check in at T2. After some discussions they allowed me to check in and board the plane at T5.
Those were the days
But today it's easier, always check in at the operating carriers desks.
It was very silly, if I bought the ticket with BA. I would check in at T2 and then bussed to T5 to board the SK flight. SK pax checked in at T5.
On one occasion I decided to skip the T2 check in and went directly to T5. It was a mess as the check in agent told me I had a BA ticket and should check in at T2. After some discussions they allowed me to check in and board the plane at T5.
Those were the days
But today it's easier, always check in at the operating carriers desks.
Jun 3, 2010, 2:08 pm
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Maybe someone can refresh my memory here. Before OneWorld in the early 90ties, I remember BA codesharing with SK ARN-LHR.
It was very silly, if I bought the ticket with BA. I would check in at T2 and then bussed to T5 to board the SK flight. SK pax checked in at T5.
On one occasion I decided to skip the T2 check in and went directly to T5. It was a mess as the check in agent told me I had a BA ticket and should check in at T2. After some discussions they allowed me to check in and board the plane at T5.
Those were the days But today it's easier, always check in at the operating carriers desks.
It was very silly, if I bought the ticket with BA. I would check in at T2 and then bussed to T5 to board the SK flight. SK pax checked in at T5.
On one occasion I decided to skip the T2 check in and went directly to T5. It was a mess as the check in agent told me I had a BA ticket and should check in at T2. After some discussions they allowed me to check in and board the plane at T5.
Those were the days
But today it's easier, always check in at the operating carriers desks. Dave
