No priority baggage handling for BA?
May 9, 2017 | 9:35 am
#1
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No priority baggage handling for BA?
Hi all,
Just noted this accidentally:
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/emerald-privileges
(emphasis added)
Does anyone know since when do BA stop tagging other OW members bag priority bag?
And.... More importantly.... Why is this allowed? Will there be a network-wide pulling of priority bag handling then??
Just noted this accidentally:
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/emerald-privileges
Priority baggage handling
As an Emerald frequent flyer you will also receive priority baggage handling when travelling in any cabin on an eligible oneworld flight, giving your baggage priority handling from aircraft to carousel.. (Priority baggage handling is not available on flights operated by British Airways.)
As an Emerald frequent flyer you will also receive priority baggage handling when travelling in any cabin on an eligible oneworld flight, giving your baggage priority handling from aircraft to carousel.. (Priority baggage handling is not available on flights operated by British Airways.)
Does anyone know since when do BA stop tagging other OW members bag priority bag?
And.... More importantly.... Why is this allowed? Will there be a network-wide pulling of priority bag handling then??
May 10, 2017 | 12:29 pm
#2
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I think you'll find they tag them for priority on check in. They just don't give them any actual priority at Heathrow (and maybe elsewhere).
May 10, 2017 | 2:05 pm
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+1, that's my experience, they tag the bags, but it does not always result in the bag getting any priority treatment. To be fair, I can say the same about any airline.
May 12, 2017 | 10:06 am
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Hi all,
Just noted this accidentally:
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/emerald-privileges
(emphasis added)
Does anyone know since when do BA stop tagging other OW members bag priority bag?
And.... More importantly.... Why is this allowed? Will there be a network-wide pulling of priority bag handling then??
Just noted this accidentally:
https://www.oneworld.com/ffp/emerald-privileges
(emphasis added)
Does anyone know since when do BA stop tagging other OW members bag priority bag?
And.... More importantly.... Why is this allowed? Will there be a network-wide pulling of priority bag handling then??
May 14, 2017 | 1:40 am
#5
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I fly on most of the OW members (AA/AB/BA/CX/IB/JL/MH/QF) frequently. Priority bag tagging is useless. For every time that my bag shows on the baggage belt among the first, it shows on the belt among the last. Same story every airline.
May 14, 2017 | 10:19 am
#6
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IMHO, it depends on ground handler issue.
At the baggage claim, I have observed good priority baggage handling.
In my experience, CX,QR,JL,NH are good at priority handling at HND.
When I claimed CX's priority baggage handling at HND, a person at CX Tokyo office phoned me and asked the situation in detail.
May 14, 2017 | 9:38 pm
#7
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Have only departed from HND, not landed there. I land at NRT (did last week).
It depends on how the bags are loaded and how they are unloaded. At many airports these are contract workers who handle bags for many different airlines. At the arriving airport all they care about is separating connecting bags from terminating bags and then sending them off in the correct direction.
It depends on how the bags are loaded and how they are unloaded. At many airports these are contract workers who handle bags for many different airlines. At the arriving airport all they care about is separating connecting bags from terminating bags and then sending them off in the correct direction.