priority baggage handling
Feb 14, 2015, 8:58 am
#1
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priority baggage handling
So I am hearing that Etihad is good in the air, not very good on the ground. How does that apply to priority baggage handling? Does J baggage come out first all the time, some of the time, or none of the time? Personally I am not interested so much about AUH but more about remote locations (e.g. USA, India).
Feb 14, 2015, 10:33 am
#3
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They are "employed" by Etihad (not full-time, but Etihad is paying), and so Etihad can affect how they operate.
It's just like food: EY can't say "We loaded the food for JFK-AUH in New York; since it's not made by our own employees, we don't have any responsibility for it".
It's just like food: EY can't say "We loaded the food for JFK-AUH in New York; since it's not made by our own employees, we don't have any responsibility for it".
Feb 14, 2015, 2:25 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2013
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it's very inconsistent and hugely disappointing and unfortunately I have given up on these tags. I'd say 25% of the time my baggage arrives first. But I do have in many occasions have my priority tag ripped out especially into KUL. And I've used EY extensively from various outstations in Europe to mainly Asia. If your final stop is AUH then you shouldn't worry as they've always come out early - but this is due to low passengers numbers exiting AUH. They were effective 2years ago (I'm gold for 7 years). Having said that I've never used them to/from USA/India so It'll be interesting to hear from others.
Feb 14, 2015, 11:06 pm
#6
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I flew with Emirates first class. I rarely experienced such a thing. My luggage arrived with economy class luggage so as one of the comments mentioned, I also have given up on "priority" tags since these rules are not enforced.
This doesn't apply exclusively with Emirates, but with other airlines as well (Srilankan, Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways, etc.)
This doesn't apply exclusively with Emirates, but with other airlines as well (Srilankan, Kuwait Airways, Jazeera Airways, etc.)
Feb 15, 2015, 12:57 am
#7
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It Is very inconsistent. At some airports it works quite well, such as Bangkok, however others (Frankfurt) are a nightmare. On my last two F flights did they not have the golden baggage tags. Once did they use a business class tag which worked fine (arrival in AUH). On the other flight did they use a new, brownish, tag which hast 'priority' written on it as well as 'first' in extremely small letters. This luggage came with the economy bags on the belt.
Feb 15, 2015, 2:20 am
#8
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Location: Dubai, Budapest, Colombo, London
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They are "employed" by Etihad (not full-time, but Etihad is paying), and so Etihad can affect how they operate.
It's just like food: EY can't say "We loaded the food for JFK-AUH in New York; since it's not made by our own employees, we don't have any responsibility for it".
It's just like food: EY can't say "We loaded the food for JFK-AUH in New York; since it's not made by our own employees, we don't have any responsibility for it".
In most locations I'd think there is only one service provider.
Feb 15, 2015, 2:51 am
#9
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Location: Tasmania, Australia
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On my recent mixed class (J and F) MEL/LHR return my bag came out very quickly, one of the first on belt both ends. I did notice that Etihad have new tags (or at least new to me), bright red and marked 'HOT Something'.
Feb 15, 2015, 3:33 pm
#10
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Was it the "HOT TRANSFER" one. I thought those were for the case you have a short transfer (less than 2hrs) in AUH
Feb 15, 2015, 3:48 pm
#11
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