Bags Checked Through?
Aug 30, 2012 | 1:46 pm
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Bags Checked Through?
Ok, this is a total noob question that I should know the answer to but I never book legs of flights seperately so I want to make sure of things before I book my flight so I give myself enough time.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
Aug 30, 2012 | 1:56 pm
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Ok, this is a total noob question that I should know the answer to but I never book legs of flights seperately so I want to make sure of things before I book my flight so I give myself enough time.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
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Connecting Cities: Connecting at ORD Incoming airline AA Outgoing airline CX Flight type Domestic to International STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I. ONLINE .50 1.15 1.30 1.30 OFFLINE .50 1.15 1.30 1.30 ** OR * ARE ALL **-CX DI 1.30 AA-** DI SUP FLT 5100 - 8399 - ALL
Aug 30, 2012 | 10:03 pm
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Ok, this is a total noob question that I should know the answer to but I never book legs of flights seperately so I want to make sure of things before I book my flight so I give myself enough time.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
Situation is I booked a rewards flight awhile ago through BA on Cathay Pacific to fly from Chicago to Hong Kong.
I now need to get from Pittsburgh to Chicago that day and am looking to book a flight on AA.
Question then is, upon checking in with AA in Pittsburgh will my bags be checked all the way through to HKG or will I have to recheck them.
And can I get the boarding passes all printed at PGH for all the flights as well.
I ask because my choices out of PGH either result in an hr and 15mins layover time in Chicago or 6hrs & I want to make sure I have time to do what I need to do for the connection.
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance.
Probably a better question for the aa forum but aa is usually pretty good about checking bags through on other oneworld airlines if you have the ticket and other information for the continuing flights and you are within the minimum connection time at ORD. It looks like the MCT for domestic to internation is 1:30 so I would not expect AA to check your bags through on your proposed routing.
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As you are flying on separate tickets (one of which is a BA award ticket on CX) I would not cut things close.
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Connecting Cities: Connecting at ORD Incoming airline AA Outgoing airline CX Flight type Domestic to International STANDARD.D/D...D/I...I/D...I/I. ONLINE .50 1.15 1.30 1.30 OFFLINE .50 1.15 1.30 1.30 ** OR * ARE ALL **-CX DI 1.30 AA-** DI SUP FLT 5100 - 8399 - ALL