Mwenenzi

As a guess it is a QF domestic flight. EY fly from BNE/SYD/MEL/PER. Or a port where both fly to/from like SIN. EY & QF both AA ff partners, so an AA award could have both airlines.

percysmith

Asked if I could check through bags from QF1016 HBA-MEL onwards to CX178 MEL-HKG (separately ticketed).
HBA J agent looked at my onward eticket and no because it's not one ticket, or a separate ticket QF or EK (not my understanding of the rules, but because both tickets are redemption I left it at that)

Dave Noble

It seems to be in line with the policy details at https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect...hrough-checked

For QF to CX, there is no through checking of baggage except when transferring between award and paid travel. There is no exemption listed for award-award

percysmith

Dave Noble

It was correct in that, if you had been connecting to EK or QF, you would have been entitled to check the bags through on an award

May not have given the full details on requirements, but sounds like the person was correct in what was stated

percysmith

ozflygirl747

QF do have an interline baggage agreement with EY however it would depend on the length of time between flights eg if BNE QF SYD overnight then SYD EY AUH next day then no dice as they don't hold bags overnight. Basically if the QF CSA can already see the oncarriage flight in the Altea checkin system then your bag can be through checked.

Note that it could be separate tickets but same booking. I don't think QF & EY have an IATCI agreement to issue boarding passes however you could try and web check for EY or you could just get the boarding passes at the gateway city where you join the EY flight. It's worth checking with EY to see if they can see the luggage tag numbers which should have generated across from Altea. Have the baggage claim receipt with you in case they need to enter it into the EY checkin system.

Animgif

Read through this thread and have a question that doesn't seem to be clearly addressed (and if so, I missed it so apologies).

I'm currently booked on the relatively cheap Amex J fare to MEL but am ultimately going to be traveling on to AKL. On the return, we are booked on a QF flight from MEL to LAX code shared by AA (so AA marketed, QF operated) with an onward connection on AA at LAX on a single ticket. I'm looking at booking the 6:00am flight out of AKL arriving at 8:10am and then connecting to the MEL flight at 10:40. I'm trying to decide if I should book that as a revenue ticket or an award ticket. That decision seems to turn on whether the AA coded but QF operated flight from MEL to LAX is treated as QF or AA for baggage policy purposes. Anyone have any insight into this? Revenue J is cheap, so I'd like to book with cash...but award in Y is also available, so I can book that if I need to in order to make sure we have through checking under the QF to/from oneworld but Award & revenue exception.

Also, am I right that QF does not protect QF->QF in the event there is an issue with our return?

Appreciate any insight.

Dave Noble

An AA marketed flight is an AA flight , so based on QF- OW

If you have an award Qantas flight , then QF does have a policy to check through

Regardless, you are not protected , so you need to consider what penalties will apply if you miss the onward flight

Animgif

Thanks for the thoughts, Dave. Very much appreciated.

kkt228

EDIflyer, I have a question for this situation which my friend is facing next week.

His QF award ticket of MEL AKL is based on BA Avios Redemption, connecting onto a QR revenue ticket of AKL DOH LHR with twenty seven hours layover in DOH so do you think his luggages will be checked the whole way through to DOH due to an exemption of award travel and revenue travel?

Please let me know so that I can advise my friend about this situation. Thanks for your help and time!

EDIflyer

Yes that sounds like a situation that should be covered - I'd advise they take some of the printouts referenced upthread with them though in case they run into problems at the airport! Also make sure they're clear they only want the luggage to go to DOH due to the long layover. Please report back and let us know how they get on

Dave Noble

No chance - 24 hours is the maximum check through time - the passenger will need to retrieve the bags in Doha

EDIflyer

Ah OK - I didn't know if Doha allowed a longer hold for bags.

Dave Noble

I am not aware of any airports that will allow bags to be checked through when there is a stopover