atcanobbio

i'll be traveling SEA-YVR-HKG on AS/CX and then connecting to (separate ticket) HKG-XIY on KA. Traveling without checked bags.

I doubt AS will through-check me all the way to XIY. if that's the case, will CX through check me all the way to XIY if I ask them to do so in the YVR lounge or check-in counter?

I was told I can just get a mobile BP for flights and that should be enough. But i'd like CX to know that i'm on separate tickets just to protect myself from any irrops. I doubt through-check-in on separate tickets can be online, can it?

kaffir76

From experience (& also the AA forum which I read much later), AA will not interline if it's a paid AA ticket + OW partner ticket on 2 separate PNR's
(AA from LAX-HKG -> MH from HKG-KUL) but the reverse was easily done at check in in KL Sentral's in-town check in.

I would assume so since it's on the same airline, no?

kaffir76

I'm not quite sure I understand - what do u mean by through check if u do not have any luggage to check in?
Do u mean to ask the agent to check u in @ SEA for all sectors of your itinerary & issue u all the paper boarding passes?

I'm not familiar with the AS/CX partnership so I'll leave it to someone else to reply.

But I think if u do OLCI for your CX/KA flights on the CX mobile app or website, the airline is aware that you've already checked in.
As for protection for IRROPS, I think there is a pecking order & it starts from CX DM & downwards ...

atcanobbio

CX states on their website that they'll "through-check you and your bags" when flying on CX/KA separate tickets. When they state that they'll "through check you", I think they mean that when I check-in and make them aware that's i'm connecting in HKG on a separate ticket, they'll link(??) my itineraries to make it seem like if it's a single itinerary. So if there's some sort of irrop, the agents in YVR/HKG we'll see that i'm flying YVR-HKG-XIY and i'll be protected to get to XIY.

If I just check in for my XIY flight online, I don't think they'll be any linking between my YVR-HKG and HKG-XIY flights. Yes, the airline will know that I'm checked in for the XIY flight. But if my YVR-HKG leg is severely delayed and I miss the flight to XIY, the agents handling the XIY flight won't see that I'm coming in from YVR. will they?

does that make sense? I hope it does

patrickw

"through-check you and your bags" basically only means you will get boarding pass for both flights and your luggage tagged all the way to XIY so you don't have to pick up and check in again at HKG, you itineraries will remain separate and in case your flight from YVR is delayed, they might (or might not) accommodate you and put you on a later flight, but you are in no way "protected" since it's still separate tickets and it's entirely up to CX/KA to decide whether they will do that, as a gesture of goodwill.

brunos

That's the clearest answer you can get ^

And generally CX will decide to reroute you on the next available flight in case of irrops. But that is a goodwill gesture, not 100% certain (especially if it is AS ticket) and you should expect other affected pax to get available seats ahead of you.
Your case is a bit complicated because you will first check in at SEA on AS, and might be better to ask on AS forum what they can do. But I doubt that they can do more than issue the HKG-XIY BP.
As you indicated, you might ask in YVR some CX agent to put a note in your second PNR.
There is only one daily CX/KA flight to XIY (and one MU), But you have almost 5 hours connecting time if you are on CX865, so you should have no problem.

atcanobbio

thanks to both of you for your input. I asked on the As forum and was pretty much told to get an mobile BP for the XIY flight and I should be fine. I arrive on CX889 and depart on KA946. I have a 4.5hr connection in HKG so I think I'll be fine.

brunos

Just hope that you have padded enough transfer time at YVR. If your AS flight is delayed will accommodate you on a later CX flight to HKG. Maybe less happy to also do it on the separate ticket as it is not their fault (unless the AS flight is CX coded).
You are probably taking AS963 which gives you 2+ hours. I do not envy you. Even if everything goes smooth, you will be quite tired after such a long journey.home-to-hotel.

atcanobbio

that's correct. I'm on AS963. I think we should be fine. I doubt the transfer in YVR will take that long. We both have NEXUS, so that can help if lines are long. I really hope the AS flight is not delayed. Our other option was flying through SFO but we figured that would have been much more risky with all the delays SFO gets.

taiquanxx

Question: I have an award ticket LAX-HKG-PVG (stopover for few days)- HKG (operated by CX) and HKG-CAN (Operated by KA) on different PNR. Can I check my bags from PVG to CAN? Since two PNRs involved two baggage rules, are they gonna charge me for the second lag? Thank you.

sxc

You already asked your question here and the best answer you’re likely to get has already been given.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...-question.html

IncyWincy

Actually title says it all. Two separate tickets, CX hkg-dub, then ba dub-lcy.

Will airport express CX agent check through bag?

Thanks.

The _Banking_Scot

Hi IncyWincy,

At the Kowloon airport express check in at the end of april the agent checked us in for CX- HKG-LHR then ( on a separate ticket) LHR-EDI on BA and gave us our BA boarding passes with no problems ( just give the agent the BA flight details)

Regards

TBS

IncyWincy

Thank you!

roknroll

I have two separate PNR's for a flight from Los Angeles to Doha on CX and QR. I'm flying LAX-HKG-SIN on CX, booked on a CX award ticket in F. Then I'm flying SIN-DOH on Qatar, booked on a CX award ticket but separate PNR. Normally I would assume that I can check my bag in at LAX and have it checked through to DOH so I don't have to collect and re-check in SIN. However the name on the separate PNR's is slightly different. The QR flight booking has my first and last name only, while the CX flight booking has my first, middle, and last for the traveler name.

Will this cause an issue with them trying to check through since the names are not exactly the same on each reservation?