Help me decide
Apr 5, 2010 | 11:35 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Help me decide
I apologize for the vague title; I wasn't quite sure what to name it.
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Apr 6, 2010 | 12:09 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
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Posts: 8,246
I apologize for the vague title; I wasn't quite sure what to name it.
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Apr 6, 2010 | 12:37 am
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Check them all the way. Picking up at SFO, then hiking back to the intl terminal check-in desks, then re-checking them, all in the name of a CX J tag on your bag is a little crazy. Bags pop out quick at HKIA anyway, and (presumably you're not a HK ID cardholder) if the visitor line is a little busy or you deplane at a far gate your bags might be out before you even get there.
Apr 6, 2010 | 12:59 am
#4
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When you check-in for your CX flight at SFO, be sure to show them the baggage tag receipt from AS so that they can enter it into their system.
They might even radio the baggage room to let them know that there is an incoming bag from AS.
CX is usually pretty good at adding PRIORITY tags to connecting baggage.
They might even radio the baggage room to let them know that there is an incoming bag from AS.
CX is usually pretty good at adding PRIORITY tags to connecting baggage.
Apr 6, 2010 | 11:39 am
#6
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Apr 6, 2010 | 11:44 am
#7
Join Date: May 2009
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I apologize for the vague title; I wasn't quite sure what to name it.
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Anyways, I booked a ticket for CX in J class, however I am located in Oregon and the flight departs from SFO. I booked a separate itinerary on AS. According to the CSR AS has a baggage agreement with CX; my dilemma is that if I check it in at PDX I might not be able to get the priority baggage tags. Should I pick up my bags in SFO and recheck them in at the CX counter? Or would you recommend checking them all the way?
Apr 6, 2010 | 12:14 pm
#8
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Apr 6, 2010 | 1:28 pm
#9
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Apr 6, 2010 | 1:35 pm
#10
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The other option is, when you transit in HKG, tell the staff to ensure that your luggage is properly tagged (if not done at YYZ already). By the time you get to BOM, your luggage will be among the first to come out. That may save you the trouble of re-checking in at YYZ. I have more faith in HKG because it is CX's home.