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Jul 19, 2002 | 4:08 am
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I wonder why it's called Oneworld!!! This week I checked in with BA in Brussels for a flight BRU-LHR(BA)-MIA(AA). BA was not able to give me a boarding pass with the seat number for the AA flight! I never had this problem with other alliances. Swissair, f.e., was always able to give the boarding passes for DL connecting flights in the States.
Jul 20, 2002 | 12:42 am
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Since 9/11, airlines have not been able to issue boarding passes within the USA connecting from international flights. Your bags can be tagged to the final destination (though you still need to clear bags at gateway customs) but you would need to get your new domestic boarding pass at departure points when in the USA.
Jul 20, 2002 | 5:13 am
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Guy,
That wasn't what he was trying to do - he was hoping to get a boarding pass for the AA LHR-MIA flight when he checked in for the BA BRU-LHR flight. Though, maybe similar rules apply in this case.
That wasn't what he was trying to do - he was hoping to get a boarding pass for the AA LHR-MIA flight when he checked in for the BA BRU-LHR flight. Though, maybe similar rules apply in this case.
Jul 22, 2002 | 7:18 pm
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As I understand the situation, AA (and all US carriers) are responsible for the security checking of their passengers. As such, they want to ensure that their own staff are doing the ID validation and not relying on employees of their partner airlines for this task. By requiring that AA boarding passes are only issued by AA agents, they feel they more control over the checking for which they are legally responsible.
It really is a due dilligence process on AA's part. However, the other way is still done - AA will issue a BP for other OW airlines. Seems they trust themselves but not their partners.
It really is a due dilligence process on AA's part. However, the other way is still done - AA will issue a BP for other OW airlines. Seems they trust themselves but not their partners.
Jul 22, 2002 | 7:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Guy Betsy:
Since 9/11, airlines have not been able to issue boarding passes within the USA connecting from international flights. Your bags can be tagged to the final destination (though you still need to clear bags at gateway customs) but you would need to get your new domestic boarding pass at departure points when in the USA.</font>
Since 9/11, airlines have not been able to issue boarding passes within the USA connecting from international flights. Your bags can be tagged to the final destination (though you still need to clear bags at gateway customs) but you would need to get your new domestic boarding pass at departure points when in the USA.</font>
Jul 22, 2002 | 9:52 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Guy Betsy:
Since 9/11, airlines have not been able to issue boarding passes within the USA connecting from international flights. Your bags can be tagged to the final destination (though you still need to clear bags at gateway customs) but you would need to get your new domestic boarding pass at departure points when in the USA.</font>
Since 9/11, airlines have not been able to issue boarding passes within the USA connecting from international flights. Your bags can be tagged to the final destination (though you still need to clear bags at gateway customs) but you would need to get your new domestic boarding pass at departure points when in the USA.</font>
Jul 23, 2002 | 9:14 pm
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That isnt what he is saying. Lets say you are flying from Helsinki to Dallas, HEL-LHR on Finnair and LHR-DFW on American. They will not issue you a full boarding pass in Helsinki for the LHR-DFW portion. They will issue you a strange and pointless paper which you take to the transfer desk to exchange for an actual boarding pass after passing their security questions.