Oneworld Sapphire - do I get any baggage perks on LATAM?
Jan 8, 2020, 8:04 pm
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Oneworld Sapphire - do I get any baggage perks on LATAM?
Hi all, we are looking at some flights for a Peru trip on LATAM this summer. I will have American PLT PRO / Oneworld Sapphire - does it get me anything for free baggage on the LATAM flights? LATAM offers 4 ticket categories, with the bottom two offering a la carte baggage pricing "from" $7 or $9 depending on which ticket you get. I have read that it can go significantly higher and so the safe bet is to just buy the higher level ticket which includes one checked bag up to 23kg (which should be plenty for us). If I could save a few bucks and buy a lower category ticket and get a free bag from my Oneworld status, that would be the best deal but it isn't clear to me how that works.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Jan 8, 2020, 9:09 pm
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Hi all, we are looking at some flights for a Peru trip on LATAM this summer. I will have American PLT PRO / Oneworld Sapphire - does it get me anything for free baggage on the LATAM flights? LATAM offers 4 ticket categories, with the bottom two offering a la carte baggage pricing "from" $7 or $9 depending on which ticket you get. I have read that it can go significantly higher and so the safe bet is to just buy the higher level ticket which includes one checked bag up to 23kg (which should be plenty for us). If I could save a few bucks and buy a lower category ticket and get a free bag from my Oneworld status, that would be the best deal but it isn't clear to me how that works.
Thanks!
Thanks!
https://www.latam.com/en_un/about-us...lyer-benefits/
Jan 10, 2020, 10:59 am
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One free bag as OneWorld benefit if on LA light fare. Last week I had an 28,5 kg bag on intra Brazil flight, even heavy tag was added
https://www.latam.com/en_un/about-us...lyer-benefits/
https://www.latam.com/en_un/about-us...lyer-benefits/
Related question, if I book a Light fare for my wife (no OW status), the baggage fee says "from $7". Any idea what that means - presumably it could be more than $7, but I can find no explanation anywhere of how high it could go, or how they determine the actual amount you would pay.
Jan 10, 2020, 11:30 am
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Thanks Jaenks, that's what I thought but was getting confused reading the LATAM site.
Related question, if I book a Light fare for my wife (no OW status), the baggage fee says "from $7". Any idea what that means - presumably it could be more than $7, but I can find no explanation anywhere of how high it could go, or how they determine the actual amount you would pay.
Related question, if I book a Light fare for my wife (no OW status), the baggage fee says "from $7". Any idea what that means - presumably it could be more than $7, but I can find no explanation anywhere of how high it could go, or how they determine the actual amount you would pay.
Here are the prices and their ranges
https://www.latam.com/en_us/travel-i...xcess-baggage/
Jan 10, 2020, 1:40 pm
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It's the price for the first bag and bought with enough anticipation. If you buy additional bags or with less than 48 hours of anticipation is going to be higher
Here are the prices and their ranges
https://www.latam.com/en_us/travel-i...xcess-baggage/
Here are the prices and their ranges
https://www.latam.com/en_us/travel-i...xcess-baggage/
Important: The price of baggage depends on the flight date (high or low season), fare, how far in advance it’s purchased and/or the passenger’s route.
1st checked bag up to 48 hours before flight - USD 8-23.
So no way to know if we'll get hit with $8 or $23?! Maybe it will show up when I actually purchase; but it should show before that so I can effectively compare prices with other airlines and fare levels. So frustrating.
Jan 10, 2020, 4:44 pm
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Thanks Jaenks, that's what I thought but was getting confused reading the LATAM site.
Related question, if I book a Light fare for my wife (no OW status), the baggage fee says "from $7". Any idea what that means - presumably it could be more than $7, but I can find no explanation anywhere of how high it could go, or how they determine the actual amount you would pay.
Related question, if I book a Light fare for my wife (no OW status), the baggage fee says "from $7". Any idea what that means - presumably it could be more than $7, but I can find no explanation anywhere of how high it could go, or how they determine the actual amount you would pay.
Last edited by Jaenks; Jan 11, 2020 at 6:43 am
Jan 10, 2020, 9:04 pm
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Even this doesn't seem to give a straightforward answer:
Important: The price of baggage depends on the flight date (high or low season), fare, how far in advance it’s purchased and/or the passenger’s route.
1st checked bag up to 48 hours before flight - USD 8-23.
So no way to know if we'll get hit with $8 or $23?! Maybe it will show up when I actually purchase; but it should show before that so I can effectively compare prices with other airlines and fare levels. So frustrating.
Important: The price of baggage depends on the flight date (high or low season), fare, how far in advance it’s purchased and/or the passenger’s route.
1st checked bag up to 48 hours before flight - USD 8-23.
So no way to know if we'll get hit with $8 or $23?! Maybe it will show up when I actually purchase; but it should show before that so I can effectively compare prices with other airlines and fare levels. So frustrating.
Jan 28, 2020, 1:32 pm
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Edit: Purchased the tickets, and afterwards it allowed me to prepay for baggage. Interesting thing is, it is saying both my wife and I have one free bag included because we are elite status. I entered both of our AA #'s during the booking, but I'm the only one with any kind of AA/OW status.
Last edited by bswiz; Jan 28, 2020 at 6:10 pm
Feb 1, 2020, 3:54 pm
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With LATAM backing up its departure date from October to May 1, 2020, your AA status will no longer be recognized after that. (This isn’t necessarily true for other oneworld partners, but it is certainly so for AA.)
Feb 3, 2020, 11:21 am
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Brings up an interesting dilemma.... will I be able to add a bag to our reservation after May 1?! Currently they both say Elite - $0. Wonder if the systems will be smart enough to update after the OW departure.
Last edited by bswiz; Feb 3, 2020 at 1:06 pm