Jul 8, 2016, 2:22 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
UPDATED FOR 15 NOVEMBER 2016: BA will no longer accept interlining on BA-BA separate tickets / PNRs.
From 1 June 2016, the oneworld policy on accepting customers travelling on separate tickets was changed. BA, along with some other oneworld partners, has implemented this change in policy which is as follows:
Only those customers that have separate tickets issued in the same PNR/booking will be accepted for through check-in. Furthermore all sectors must be BA / oneworld / other carrier, but BA to/fron Vueling is specifically NOT allowed even on the same ticket. Aer Lingus is not specified but some be covered by "other carrier".
A PNR is a wrapper, and it can have several tickets, and other items such as hotels, in one PNR, so long as it was built that way at the time of purchase. Another (new) ticket can be inserted into an existing PNR after purchase, it is easiest to do this at a BA airport, and there is a small fee for doing this (£15 in the UK). However you cannot merge 2 existing PNRs into one PNR - once a reservation has reached ticketed status it can't be moved. If you have 2 PNRs you need to allow time to collect and re-check any bags at the transfer airport.
There is one exception: BA to BA transfers, on 2 PNRs, are allowed. See post 643 for details.
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From post 947. Select "do not have IATA number"
http://www.speedbirdclub.com/ch/reservations-ticketing/rulesregulations/separatetickets/
From 1 June 2016, the oneworld policy on accepting customers travelling on separate tickets was changed. BA, along with some other oneworld partners, has implemented this change in policy which is as follows:
Only those customers that have separate tickets issued in the same PNR/booking will be accepted for through check-in. Furthermore all sectors must be BA / oneworld / other carrier, but BA to/fron Vueling is specifically NOT allowed even on the same ticket. Aer Lingus is not specified but some be covered by "other carrier".
A PNR is a wrapper, and it can have several tickets, and other items such as hotels, in one PNR, so long as it was built that way at the time of purchase. Another (new) ticket can be inserted into an existing PNR after purchase, it is easiest to do this at a BA airport, and there is a small fee for doing this (£15 in the UK). However you cannot merge 2 existing PNRs into one PNR - once a reservation has reached ticketed status it can't be moved. If you have 2 PNRs you need to allow time to collect and re-check any bags at the transfer airport.
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From post 947. Select "do not have IATA number"
http://www.speedbirdclub.com/ch/reservations-ticketing/rulesregulations/separatetickets/
BA no longer through checking baggage with separate tickets
Feb 14, 2024, 7:16 pm
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I recently flew WAW-LHR-DUB with BA on two tickets (revenue and then Avios, respectively) and was surprised that my check-in bag was automatically checked through to Dublin. I usually carry-on so I may have misunderstood, but isn’t this something BA says they won’t do any more?
Feb 14, 2024, 7:26 pm
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I recently flew WAW-LHR-DUB with BA on two tickets (revenue and then Avios, respectively) and was surprised that my check-in bag was automatically checked through to Dublin. I usually carry-on so I may have misunderstood, but isn’t this something BA says they won’t do any more?
Amadeus Altea CM (which BA and many other carriers use as their check in system) has a function key in the check-in screen labeled "Find Connection". Maybe the agent doing check-in that day normally does check-in for another airline where it is customary to use that function?
Feb 14, 2024, 7:26 pm
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I recently flew WAW-LHR-DUB with BA on two tickets (revenue and then Avios, respectively) and was surprised that my check-in bag was automatically checked through to Dublin. I usually carry-on so I may have misunderstood, but isn’t this something BA says they won’t do any more?
Feb 15, 2024, 12:41 am
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I recently flew WAW-LHR-DUB with BA on two tickets (revenue and then Avios, respectively) and was surprised that my check-in bag was automatically checked through to Dublin. I usually carry-on so I may have misunderstood, but isn’t this something BA says they won’t do any more?
Amadeus Altea CM (which BA and many other carriers use as their check in system) has a function key in the check-in screen labeled "Find Connection". Maybe the agent doing check-in that day normally does check-in for another airline where it is customary to use that function?
Feb 15, 2024, 1:43 am
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Apr 14, 2024, 7:42 am
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Checking bags across 2 bookings connecting at LHR
Flying from Boston to LHR and then LHR to Faro , on 2 separate tickets.
have a 4 hour connection. Can I check my bag all the way through from boston.to save waiting for it at LHR and re checking?
All flights are T5 if that helps
Thanks
have a 4 hour connection. Can I check my bag all the way through from boston.to save waiting for it at LHR and re checking?
All flights are T5 if that helps
Thanks
Apr 14, 2024, 7:46 am
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Assume you can't do this. But if FLY (or rather Altéa) connects the bookings then BOS may do it automatically for you. You just can't assume it will be so. If the two bookings were made in a similar way then there is a greater chance of this happening, but it links on things like name, frequent flyer number, passport number. But your working assumption is that you will be spending time in baggage reclaim in LHR.
Apr 14, 2024, 8:23 am
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I’ve quite often booked YYZ-LHR with one or more others on the booking, then LHR-MAN separately for just me, and checkin at YYZ always checks that my final destination is MAN and checks bags accordingly.
Similar experience on LAX-LHR followed by separate LHR-MAN.
Maybe I’ve been lucky - I do always make sure I have time to reclaim and recheck if necessary.
Similar experience on LAX-LHR followed by separate LHR-MAN.
Maybe I’ve been lucky - I do always make sure I have time to reclaim and recheck if necessary.
Apr 14, 2024, 8:35 am
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Assume you can't do this. But if FLY (or rather Altéa) connects the bookings then BOS may do it automatically for you. You just can't assume it will be so. If the two bookings were made in a similar way then there is a greater chance of this happening, but it links on things like name, frequent flyer number, passport number. But your working assumption is that you will be spending time in baggage reclaim in LHR.
Apr 14, 2024, 8:43 am
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No point in calling up, this question is asked here so frequently that if there was any leeway on this I would have spotted it. There isn't. If one was Avios, the other cash, then that makes it less likely to come up as a FLY workflow, Avios and cash tickets have different structures. I guess one is business, the other is leisure, since it would usually be cheaper to combine FAO into one ticket in the first instance, if it's a Europe-USA booking.
Apr 14, 2024, 8:54 am
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No point in calling up, this question is asked here so frequently that if there was any leeway on this I would have spotted it. There isn't. If one was Avios, the other cash, then that makes it less likely to come up as a FLY workflow, Avios and cash tickets have different structures. I guess one is business, the other is leisure, since it would usually be cheaper to combine FAO into one ticket in the first instance, if it's a Europe-USA booking.
Thanks for clarification.
Spent an hour and a half waiting for bagged this week, so was hoping to avoid that again.
Is there a SLA for baggage delivery at T5?
Apr 14, 2024, 9:00 am
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Apr 14, 2024, 10:01 am
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