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CX WILL interline to other oneworld airlines if travelling on separate PNRs

Old Jun 12, 2016, 10:18 pm
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As of 1 January 2017, CX will interline on separate tickets to their airline partners once again.

to 31 Dec 2016 CX Agents' advisory http://www.cxagents.com/cxa/gc/en_HK/ln2
from 1 Jan 2017 http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...e-tickets.html

Ausbt article: http://www.ausbt.com.au/cathay-pacif...-baggage-rules
http://www.ausbt.com.au/did-oneworld...of-a-nightmare
http://www.ausbt.com.au/oneworld-air...ecting-flights

AA: will not check through separate PNRs (own or partner) https://ssc.aa.com/prmportal_enu/Age...%20Tickets.pdf
MH: still check through two PNRs (own or partner)
CX/KA: check through CX/KA separate PNRs. Will resume checking through to partners starting 1 Jan 2017 http://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_H...e-tickets.html
JL: Will through check. http://www.jal.co.jp/en/info/inter/161003.html
QR: will check through separate PNRs (own or partner) from 01 MAR. https://www.ausbt.com.au/qatar-airways-ditches-oneworld-s-restrictive-baggage-rules
QF: Will check through QF to QF separate PNRs, will not check through partner separate PNRs (from 1 Sep 2016)
BA: Will not check through partner or other airlines' separate PNRs. WIll not check through BA-BA on seperate PNR's (as of 15 Nov 16)
IB: Will check through IB to IB separate PNRs
LA: will not check through separate PNRs (own or partner)
AY: Will check through AY to AY separate PNRs, will not check through partner separate PNRs
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CX WILL interline to other oneworld airlines if travelling on separate PNRs

Old Dec 21, 2016, 6:54 am
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Interline Agreement - Connection protection as well?

Having baggage checked through is certainly a plus to the customer, although I have no idea why BA would still block baggage checked through final destination.

However, does it mean CX would also protect you to the next flight if the previous one is somehow delayed? Having the bag checked through and having connection protections are technically two items in interline agreement. The press does not seem to state that is the case.
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Old Dec 21, 2016, 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by PaulInTheSky
Having baggage checked through is certainly a plus to the customer, although I have no idea why BA would still block baggage checked through final destination.
They won't block it, it's just they don't do it themselves.

My personal view is that they want to reduce expectations before removing check in staff altogether.
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Old Dec 21, 2016, 11:02 pm
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I was under the impression that the connection protection never kicked in for two different PNRs? At least when I used to book those in the States, it was one of those "you take your own risk" type of situations, so if your incoming flight was delayed, the subsequent connection will rebook you for a change fee, as if you just missed your flight in a normal circumstance.
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Old Dec 21, 2016, 11:28 pm
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Originally Posted by daniellam
I would suspect that a lot of people had connections at the intermediate destination (eg. HKG-XXX) that are too short and had no choice but to leave the bags behind and later file a claim at the final destination.

Since the bag tag to the intermediate destination (XXX) is on CX 160, CX had to pay for the bag to be sent from XXX to the final destination and delivered to the passenger's home/hotel. This ended up costing CX more than it would had they simply checked the bag through.

Why would it be CX's responsibility to send to the final destination if it was not through-checked
As far as CX are concerned, they have fulfilled their obligations already.
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Old Jan 3, 2017, 6:47 pm
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FWIW, the HKG check-in staff were happy to tag my bag for a CX-CI connection on a separate ticket, no questions asked.
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Old Jan 3, 2017, 7:27 pm
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Will JetBlue thru check to CX on seperate tix?
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Old Jan 4, 2017, 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by rufflesinc
Will JetBlue thru check to CX on seperate tix?
That's a question for the B6 gurus to answer over at the B6 forum! They do have an interline agreement with CX, so it is possible.
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Old Jan 4, 2017, 2:53 pm
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OW (esp. BA) stopped thru check-in on seperate tickets, because they want to "encourage" people to book the entire journey on one ticket. This one ticket is mostly more expensive than the two tickets combined.
In the end its a yield enhancement story.
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Old Jan 8, 2017, 8:53 pm
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Separate tickets post 1/1:
1. TPE-HKG (BA award on CX metal)
2. HKG-NRT-DFW (AA coded, first leg was CX metal, second was AA metal)

TPE agent had to check with her supervisor, but successfully checked in to DFW.
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Old Jan 18, 2017, 2:00 pm
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Will they only do to OW airlines or to any airline that they have an interline agreement with?

I will be trying tomorrow night to do CX -> TG and see if they will do it.

Fingers crossed.
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 4:08 am
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I have amended the wiki to confirm that JAL will through-check as before.

http://www.jal.co.jp/en/info/inter/161003.html
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 1:38 pm
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Originally Posted by swm61230
Will they only do to OW airlines or to any airline that they have an interline agreement with?

I will be trying tomorrow night to do CX -> TG and see if they will do it.

Fingers crossed.
Doubt you'll have a problem. They were willing to interline to CI for me so it's not OW only.
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by SilverChris
Doubt you'll have a problem. They were willing to interline to CI for me so it's not OW only.

No problems! Checked through. Absolutely fantastic!
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 8:18 am
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KA manager at Siem Reap tried to tell me that I wasn't entitled to the "courtesy" of through-check from KA to a separate QF booking because I had 4 hours between flights in HKG and therefore had ample time to collect my own bags. I had to get the policy on screen, read it out to him, and say that the policy mentions nothing about MCT and that he should through-check me.

After a minute or two of argument he agreed to try, and after 15mins of him tapping away at the computer it was all done - real resistance was probably because he was lazy or clueless as to how to do it.
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Old Jan 22, 2017, 8:57 am
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Originally Posted by Isochronous
KA manager at Siem Reap tried to tell me that I wasn't entitled to the "courtesy" of through-check from KA to a separate QF booking because I had 4 hours between flights in HKG and therefore had ample time to collect my own bags. I had to get the policy on screen, read it out to him, and say that the policy mentions nothing about MCT and that he should through-check me.


real resistance was probably because he was lazy or clueless as to how to do it.
Probably!
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