Will MH through-check to PG on separate tickets? I am trying to book KUL-BKK-CNX but the flights are no longer found on the MH website even though there is an MH codeshare number for the PG flight.

 

The official policy is still current. You might get an agent who goes above and beyond for non-OW onward travel, but I'd still plan for a no.

 

Thanks for the info. Really strange that the itinerary has completely vanished from the website and OTAs return errors when trying to pull up the fares, especially considering that yesterday MH coincidentally published a Facebook post promoting CNX!

 

Could have something to do with MH launching CNX.

 

That was a good point, but if I search for later in the year once the route has commenced, fares for both MH direct KUL-CNX and MH-PG as KUL-BKK-CNX show up. Seems like a bug preventing bookings over the next few months. Anyways, a bit OT now for this thread.

 

I have LGK-KUL-SIN on one ticket and onward SIN-SYD on another ticket. Can MH in LGK check my luggage through to SYD. Or do I have to do immigration process in SIN and collect luggage in SIN?

 

No check through - separate ticket, separate alliance.

https://www.askmh.malaysiaairlines.c...al-destination

And most likely separate terminal as well.

 

Existing thread on this:
Malaysia Airlines Official Policy on Checking bags on separate tickets

The wording on their check-in info page is a tad different though. It seems to suggest that separate tickets on "codeshare partners" are acceptable, which would include SQ.
https://www.malaysiaairlines.com/hq/...unter-check-in

I would still ask at check-in, even for non-OW. Functionally, there's no difference as long as an interline agreement exists, so it really comes down to the agent's helpfulness/interpretation of the rules.

 

Codeshare partners would intuitively mean MH-coded and partner-operated flights on the same PNR... which this is not. It might be down to how far the agent wishes to take initiative, but in recent years, MH has wisened up not to subsume additional liability for checking through luggage on a separate ticket that they don't earn revenue for nor part of an alliance with.

 

[EDIT] Hmm, reread that check-in page again, and it does indeed include the �MH flight number on codeshare partners connecting with flights operated by code share partners.� section, wit the example of MH > KL00X operated by KLM.

At the same time, this was the exact older wording they updated in the FAQ in 2018, before they then revised it to the current AskMH FAQ answer in 2022, so I would still take it with a grain of salt�

Also, see here an example where a FTer was even rejected in 2018 for a MH -> SQ interlining (starting at HKG), and this was on a KUL-SIN SQ flight which even had codesharing as an option�

Definitely doesn�t hurt to ask, and SEA-based agents are more likely to agree to such requests.

But as the request could easily also be declined, a traveler should ensure any entry requirements - for Singapore in this case - are met as well as ensuring sufficient time between flights to exit, grab & recheck bags and re-enter at the connecting airport� at SIN, that is usually fairly straightforward and can easily be done with 2-3 hours transit time, if the incoming flight is not delayed.

 

This was all mentioned under the header for separate tickets, so of course it wouldn't be on the same PNR. In any case it would be relatively rare to hold an onward ticket for a standalone MH-marketed, OAL-operated segment. The wording is ambiguous enough to chance it at the check-in counter, IMO.

Except MH isn't automatically on the hook for mishandled interline bags, just because they accepted and tagged it through. It's standard practice for the final carrier to be the one liable for compensating the passenger. They could in theory go after the upline carrier that caused the mishandling but it's not always a clear-cut case. It generally balances out to a degree that it's quite rare for airlines to go after one another for these claims.