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Despite the policy some travellers have succeeded in having bags interlined. But do not rely on baggage being interlined

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Individual threads of Oneworld Airlines interlining between separate tickets / PNRs

• AA -- oneworld not requiring protection or interline baggage 1 Jun 2016; AA policy. Will check through to other oneworld provided one ticket is an award according to post 125 below.
  
• AB -- unknown Closed down
  
• AY -- AY to AY yes, AY to OW no. Finnair baggage on separate tickets after June 1, 2016 OW decision?
  
• AS--> Yes Travel that includes multiple flights Feb 2024 AS eliminates interlining on separate tickets
  
• BA -- BA no longer interlining baggage with separate tickets
  
• CX -- CX will not interline to other Oneworld airlines if travelling on separate PNRs
  CX will interline from 01 Jan 2017 (reverse of policy) Post 129
  CX CX WILL interline to other oneworld airlines if travelling on separate PNRs
  
• IB -- WARNING: Changes to interlining bags with Oneworld Will check through IB to IB separate PNRs [Source] & Iberia no more interlining baggage on separate tickets from 01/FEB/17
  CX thread wiki as 18 Nov 2016] No IB to IB [interline]
  
• JL -- JAL will continue to interline to other Oneworld carriers on separate PNRs [04 Oct 2016]
  
• MH -- Malaysia Airlines Official Policy on Checking bags on separate tickets Will still check through two PNRs (own or partner) [Source [url=http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cathay-pacific-marco-polo-club/1770120-cx-will-not-interline-other-oneworld-airlines-if-travelling-separate-pnrs.html]CX thread wiki as 18 Nov 2016]
  
• LA -- Burned by Strict Enforcement of No Interline on LATAM to Oneworld (separate tix) No longer in OW
  And New oneworld separate tickets policy on LATAM?]
  
• QF -- Qantas - no checking of luggage separate itineraries from 1 Sep (2016) [some exceptions], eg will check QF to QF, QF to EK and through to other oneworld provided one ticket is an award according to post 125 below.
  
• QR -- Yes as of 1 Mar 2017 as per this post in the Qatar Airways forum. Prior to that, "no" as post 80 and no as post 934 in the BA thread (QR-->BA) As of H2 2023 (post), this is a”maybe” and depends on the check-in agent; best to assume no interlining, and be pleasantly surprised if it is done.
  ....QR thread-->QR interlining separate PNR baggage as of 1 Mar 2017
  
• RJ -- unknown
  
• S7 -- unknown
  
• UL - Will check through will still check through across tickets according to post 125 below.

Sky Team
AF AF will not interline anymore across reservations?
DL Delta Confirms Through-Check Baggage Policy (11 January 2016)
DL Interlining Checked Bags DL to BA

Star Alliance
UA Bag Interlining Changes If Separate Tix with *A & Non *A Partners after 1 March 2015


Edit
Fixing formatting after software downgrade
Added AS
Strike out LA
AS no longer interlines on separate tickets
QR longer guaranteed, now depends on agent