can I combine 2 separately issued tickets and check bags all the way though?
Jul 1, 2011, 2:28 pm
#17
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,775
The difference being that with travel to the USA, we can print the tags for interlining so that the passenger clears Customs (and the Ministry of Agriculture) and then drops them off at the baggage transfer unit.
With South Africa, the passenger then has the joy of schlepping his bags across to the Domestic terminal nd geting some nice check-in person to label them up!
With South Africa, the passenger then has the joy of schlepping his bags across to the Domestic terminal nd geting some nice check-in person to label them up!
Jul 2, 2011, 3:21 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Cambridge, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,368
Actually, BA are pretty strict about it:
BA to any carrier with an "interline" agreement to a destination where "interlining" is allowed (eg not a Domestic connection in South Africa) on one booking - no problem. On "Bag Drop" desks, when we try to interline bags on a non-interline sector, say a LHR-JNB-DUR connection, we receive a large flash on the screen warning us to "Check Backs to JNB only!"
BA to any carrier with an "interline" agreement to a destination where "interlining" is allowed (eg not a Domestic connection in South Africa) on one booking - no problem. On "Bag Drop" desks, when we try to interline bags on a non-interline sector, say a LHR-JNB-DUR connection, we receive a large flash on the screen warning us to "Check Backs to JNB only!"
Where I have done it is on something like HKT->BKK on Thai then BKK->LHR on Emirates. I often do SE Asian trips but on the final flight back to the hub (BKK, KUL or SIN) I always use a proper airline rather than Air Asia as I know my bags will be interlined.
