BA Does Not Interline Bags Outside OneWorld?
Nov 28, 2011, 4:00 am
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Late at night they run the shorter HEX trains, and I once leapt into First as the doors were closing. I then turned into "Express" class, hotly pursued by a member of staff to remind me to do that which I had already done. One can travel First within LHR but it will cost you Ł26 for the privilege.
Nov 28, 2011, 4:05 am
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Nov 28, 2011, 5:37 am
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To those saying I should not have jumped in F, two things:
1) The lady said "take the frontmost car you can, that will be closest to T1."
2) There was a conductor standing next to us on the ride from T5 - T1/3, and he said nothing.
Thanks for the advice. Enjoying FCT FRA now...
1) The lady said "take the frontmost car you can, that will be closest to T1."
2) There was a conductor standing next to us on the ride from T5 - T1/3, and he said nothing.
Thanks for the advice. Enjoying FCT FRA now...
Nov 28, 2011, 5:56 am
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Had no trouble getting BA to interline my luggage last week on my way to ZRH, with my onward flight with LX later that day, and last I checked LX were certainly not part of OW...
Nov 28, 2011, 7:40 am
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No issues checking through from SQ to BA (again, two separate tickets).
BA, wake up!
Was told BA doesn't do it because they remain responsible for the whole journey for the luggage in case it gets lost.
Nov 28, 2011, 7:43 am
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Nov 28, 2011, 7:44 am
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Nov 28, 2011, 7:45 am
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BA is pretty bad on interlining to other airlines: I was refused to check bags through from BA to LH (two separate tickets). BA Gold at that time, I was furious about this but was turned down by staff and supervisor. My connecting time was 60 minutes and was basically set up to fail. I still made it on the LH side because of my HON Circle status...
No issues checking through from SQ to BA (again, two separate tickets).
BA, wake up!
Was told BA doesn't do it because they remain responsible for the whole journey for the luggage in case it gets lost.
No issues checking through from SQ to BA (again, two separate tickets).
BA, wake up!
Was told BA doesn't do it because they remain responsible for the whole journey for the luggage in case it gets lost.
Nov 28, 2011, 8:01 am
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Which is why I always sit in it during those transfers... out of my own anti-authoritarian pig-headedness . I loathe this aspect of LHR; that a T4 to T5 airside transfer involves 2 Heathrow Express trains which I've invariably waited 12 minutes for... twice... whilst being literally SHOUTED at on the tannoy 'do NOT board this train until the security checks have been carried out!'... 'this train is free in express class only!'. It's a disastrous way of connecting airport terminals, and every time I see poor foreigners without a good grasp of English terribly confused. Why can't LHR have a nice, well-planned air train like JFK or every other airport I can think of!?
Nov 28, 2011, 8:11 am
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Think SQ did or still has an interlining agreement with BA.
Nov 28, 2011, 9:30 am
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Well in my case I didn't assume at all, but thought I would ask, and in fact I was surprised when the check in agent (First Check in) said sure sir I should be able to do that for you and a minute later I had a baggage receipt showing my onwards flight with LX too! ^
Nov 28, 2011, 9:38 am
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Putting a question mark at the end of a statement turns it into a question? 
Nov 28, 2011, 9:39 am
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I'm sure BA has interline arrangements for many airlines - in fact there used to be an IATA Multilateral Interline Agreement. On full fare tickets, where you may have a BA and LH flight on one ticket (and with therefore a normally legal connection) they do interline bags - but these full fares are rather expensive and it is worth taking the risk for the airline on the bags getting inadvertently lost.
Nov 28, 2011, 9:54 am
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Actually, given that LHR is a particularly nasty airport to transit at with bags, one would have thought BA would be more understanding, not less.
Nov 28, 2011, 9:58 am
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But that 'service' is not something that is included in the services that BA (or many other airlines) will provide you by agreeing to transport you and your bags from AMS to LHR. It doesn't state anywhere they should deliver your bag to a different airline in a different terminal. If you wanted that service, you should have booked the itinerary on one ticket.