9W Baggage Interlining
Apr 30, 2012 | 12:50 pm
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That's a perfect summary of MITA and the provisions. I have a copy of the manual, but unfortunately am not allowed to paste the section because of legal reasons (it's a purchase-restricted document). Either way, joining the agreement links the airline in question to the other 350 members of the group. Furthermore, the tickets do need to be the same in order for the automatic procedures to kick in.
Does an airline have to be in IATA member to be an MITA signatory?
Also, LCC's do not. interline.
Some airlines will still check your bags through even if you have two separate tickets. That's a courtesy, not a right.
Sometimes XXX-YYY and YYY-ZZZ (involving two different airlines) when bought separately is cheaper than buying XXX-YYY-ZZZ on a single itinerary. That happens because of combinability of the two fares and due to place of purchase. YYY-ZZZ fare when purchased in the country where YYY is located would different from YYY-ZZZ fare when bought in the country where XXX is located. Some people think they are being gipped, but it['s not so.
Apr 30, 2012 | 7:24 pm
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I had a copy of the document on my old computer (somebody had uploaded it onto a shell site), but I don't have that computer any more nor do I have the link...
The whole doc is up there somewhere...
Also, some LCCs do interline, just not in India. For example, JetBlue has been signing interline agreements at a very rapid pace. Not only interlines actually, but also codeshares. If some Indian LCC decided that it is worth the additional cost to be able to feed foreign carriers, then they might sign interlines. IATA membership is unlikely for an LCC of course.
The whole doc is up there somewhere...
Also, some LCCs do interline, just not in India. For example, JetBlue has been signing interline agreements at a very rapid pace. Not only interlines actually, but also codeshares. If some Indian LCC decided that it is worth the additional cost to be able to feed foreign carriers, then they might sign interlines. IATA membership is unlikely for an LCC of course.
Apr 30, 2012 | 9:15 pm
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I had a copy of the document on my old computer (somebody had uploaded it onto a shell site), but I don't have that computer any more nor do I have the link...
The whole doc is up there somewhere...
Also, some LCCs do interline, just not in India. For example, JetBlue has been signing interline agreements at a very rapid pace. Not only interlines actually, but also codeshares. If some Indian LCC decided that it is worth the additional cost to be able to feed foreign carriers, then they might sign interlines. IATA membership is unlikely for an LCC of course.
The whole doc is up there somewhere...
Also, some LCCs do interline, just not in India. For example, JetBlue has been signing interline agreements at a very rapid pace. Not only interlines actually, but also codeshares. If some Indian LCC decided that it is worth the additional cost to be able to feed foreign carriers, then they might sign interlines. IATA membership is unlikely for an LCC of course.
LCC's in the U.S. would not be able to get on without interlining.
There is no re ason why an LCC cannot be an IATA member. Jetblue is an IATA member.
Apr 30, 2012 | 9:35 pm
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I was thinking of LCC's like Air Asia. What I meant to say was that most LCC's are not MITA signatories. However, airlines can i terline without being signatories to MITA.
LCC's in the U.S. would not be able to get on without interlining.
There is no re ason why an LCC cannot be an IATA member. Jetblue is an IATA member.
LCC's in the U.S. would not be able to get on without interlining.
There is no re ason why an LCC cannot be an IATA member. Jetblue is an IATA member.
Airlines can of course intelrine without being MITA signatories.
In the US, Southwest does not interline. They can't even interline with their fully owned subsidiary, AirTran. Really quite a sad state of affairs for them.
As for LCCs not being IATA members, it is because the costs of becoming a full member are high for a true LCC. While many airlines avail of some functions of IATA (which is how they can claim that they "represent" 84% of the airlines in the world), the number of full IATA members are much less. JetBlue is not a full IATA member according to the most recent copy of the IATA coding directory that I could get my hands on (2008).
Edit: It looks like JetBlue joined IATA as a full member in 2010.
Last edited by PVDtoDEL; Apr 30, 2012 at 9:44 pm
May 1, 2012 | 6:29 am
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I started hunting for it online just because I wanted to see if I could find it, but no luck as of yet. 
Either way, docstoc has some interesting IATA documents in case anyone wants to read about provisions; pm me if you want the link. Also, the below thread at airliners.net was kind of interesting to read:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/4122596/
Also, while this is not a formal publication (to my knowledge), check out the below document for a better general understanding:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/anti...n_paper_en.pdf
Either way, docstoc has some interesting IATA documents in case anyone wants to read about provisions; pm me if you want the link. Also, the below thread at airliners.net was kind of interesting to read:http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/4122596/
Also, while this is not a formal publication (to my knowledge), check out the below document for a better general understanding:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/anti...n_paper_en.pdf
May 3, 2012 | 1:04 pm
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9W Baggage Interlining
Right I called up my ta and he said that even if jet has an interline agreement it would not work as I need to add through immigration at bkk itself although I believe koh samui is an international airport. So now would need to take a later flight to ensure connection at bkk.
May 3, 2012 | 4:37 pm
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Right I called up my ta and he said that even if jet has an interline agreement it would not work as I need to add through immigration at bkk itself although I believe koh samui is an international airport. So now would need to take a later flight to ensure connection at bkk.
Yes you would have to go through immigration for transit at BKK, but you would not need to collect your bags for this. Perhaps your layover was simply below the Minimum Connection Time for this connection.
May 17, 2012 | 2:35 am
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9W to PG interline (different tickets & pnrs) in BKK
Hello
Does anyone have any experience with 9W check in staff in BOM when it comes to interlining bags with PG (bangkok airways).
I fly BOM-BKK tomorrow on the 740am jet airways flight, arriving at 130pm
I connect to BKK-USM on the 3:30pm PG flight.
I know 9W and PG have an interline agreement. The jet website says that they will through check the bags if the two reservations are on the same ticket... however, technically speaking I know nothing stops them from through checking me in regardless.
Has anyone does this before?
Does anyone have any experience with 9W check in staff in BOM when it comes to interlining bags with PG (bangkok airways).
I fly BOM-BKK tomorrow on the 740am jet airways flight, arriving at 130pm
I connect to BKK-USM on the 3:30pm PG flight.
I know 9W and PG have an interline agreement. The jet website says that they will through check the bags if the two reservations are on the same ticket... however, technically speaking I know nothing stops them from through checking me in regardless.
Has anyone does this before?