Quick Luggage Question
 

So here's the script:

Traveling from GLA - KHI. GLA-DXB is economy and then DXB-KHI is business class (up'd using Skyward miles).

Will I be allowed business class allowance all the way or economy?

Thanks in advance.

Pretty sure it's economy baggage allowance on upgraded flights via miles.

Not correct, you are entitled to the allowance of the class you are travelling in irrespective of method of payment.

However if there is a mix class itinerary like yours, the most restrictive will apply which in this case is economy. Having said that, if for any reason you pickup extra luggage during your DXB stopover, you can carry the additional 10kg through to KHI.

Really? I would be keen on seeing why (as opposed to taking this trusted forums word, which I do believe but wouldn't want to risk £40+/KG) on the basis of an e-ticket. Is it simply a case of it not being updated?

The below is a Y revenue ticket, the LHR-DXB leg of which has been upgraded using miles from Y-J;

TRAVEL INFORMATION
FLIGHT EK 030 CONFIRMED
DEPART/ARRIVE 24 MAR 12, 1635
AIRPORT/TERMINAL - LONDON HEATHROW (LHR), TERMINAL 3, 24 MAR 12
CHECK-IN OPENS, 1335
CLASS: BUSINESS, SEAT 08 K
COUPON VALIDITY
NOT BEFORE 24 MAR 12
NOT AFTER 24 MAR 12

BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE 30KGS

PS - Is 8K on EK30 OK? I was originally scheduled on an A380, but it has been downgauged to a 773, presumably due to wing crack checking?

I don't think that's correct. I have previously emailed Emirates about a flight from RUH to SFO and this is what I got:

"Kindly note that if your travelling with EK818 from Riyadh to Dubai in Economy class and EK225 from Dubai to San Francisco in Business in one ticket, will consider as business class ticket, and baggage allowance will be 2pieces of 32kgs."

I'll second that. On a MAN-DXB-KWI trip, out of MAN upgraded from J to F and was given 50kgs (I was carrying 55kgs) not a penny paid unlike BA who charged me for having a weight of 23.8kgs on a domestic flight!

Don't have time to look it up but the rules are clear that if you've upgraded one of the flights you're only entitled to the basic weight allowance.

Having said that, I was given the upgraded class allowance many times (flying MEL-DXB-BEY with the latter in J and vice versa) without even asking.

Official regulation is that on mixed itins, you get the baggage allowance of the class of service for each sector. Therefore, most restrictive allowance would apply.

In practice however, you get the higher baggage allowance almost always.

How you get into Business Class makes no difference.

That probably has to do with it being a US bound flight and the piece system applies hence they allow it for the short RUH hop.

It can happen and it is upto the discretion of the ground staff but the rules are clear about this, you only get what you paid for.

http://www.skywards.com/Help_faq.aspx?SkinID=3

This has been my exact experience.

Theoretically in the above example you will only have to pay excess at DXB-BOM rates if you have 40kg.

Thanks everyone, I got the business allowance today plus was allowed to checkin via the business class queue too from GLA.

Many thanks.

How ironic. Especially since Skywards Gold customers are NOT allowed to use the Business Class queue but instead lumped with OLCI. :td::td::td:

You seem to be very unlucky with the airline. I have never had trouble using the Business Class queue

Guangzhou and Beijing both have guardians at the front of the Business Class queue with a manifest checking names off a list. If you are a Gold/Silver in Economy, you get politely redirected to the OLCI queue instead. Experienced this last week (although I was in Business Class so I was allowed through).

I am not the only person who has experienced this. It is different in most European and GCC stations (although Europe is also changing in my experience) where they still maintain separate counters for Gold/Silver next to the Business Class counters. But in many stations in Asia and Africa, that is simply not the case anymore.