BA-issued domestic ticket means international baggage rules? Sortof?
Apr 10, 2018, 6:37 pm
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BA-issued domestic ticket means international baggage rules? Sortof?
I still can't make any sense of this. Like the OP in this thread, I have a BA-ticketed all domestic itinerary. This page (https://www.qantas.com/us/en/travel-...d-baggage.html) makes absolutely no mention of weight-based allowances for domestic flights -- it's all about piece based allowances. The only place it talks about weight-based is under "International flights (excluding North and South America)".
However, when I go to Manage my Booking, I have a purely weight-based allowance...
...unless I want to purchase additional allowance, which is piece-based:
Something seems broken here. (So, I could have 40 one-kilo bags, for free, and then pay $30 for the one 30kg bag? Or, if I had two 32kg bags and an 8kg bag, I could check 32kg #1 and the 8kg using the weight allowance, and then 32kg #2 using an additional bag allowance.... This sounds line one of those "3 quarters, 2 dimes" word problems.)
ETA: for what it's worth, it's on 125 (BA) ticket stock.
However, when I go to Manage my Booking, I have a purely weight-based allowance...
...unless I want to purchase additional allowance, which is piece-based:
Something seems broken here. (So, I could have 40 one-kilo bags, for free, and then pay $30 for the one 30kg bag? Or, if I had two 32kg bags and an 8kg bag, I could check 32kg #1 and the 8kg using the weight allowance, and then 32kg #2 using an additional bag allowance.... This sounds line one of those "3 quarters, 2 dimes" word problems.)
ETA: for what it's worth, it's on 125 (BA) ticket stock.
Last edited by lairdb; Apr 10, 2018 at 6:43 pm
Apr 10, 2018, 8:01 pm
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What is your full route, class of travel & status?
The QF page linked is for USA "com/us/en"
The "au" page here, which may be different. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/travel-...d-baggage.html
"International" depends on your point of view.
Australia domestic flights booked in Australia useweight piece base.
In the QF forum there a number of threads on checked baggage allowances. Can be confusing, as not well written. Was better a few year ago, when they had in table form. One of the old QF threads has images of those tables.
The QF page linked is for USA "com/us/en"
The "au" page here, which may be different. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/travel-...d-baggage.html
"International" depends on your point of view.
Australia domestic flights booked in Australia use
In the QF forum there a number of threads on checked baggage allowances. Can be confusing, as not well written. Was better a few year ago, when they had in table form. One of the old QF threads has images of those tables.
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Apr 10, 2018 at 8:45 pm Reason: weight to piece
Apr 10, 2018, 8:31 pm
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What is your full route, class of travel & status?
The QF page linked is for USA "com/us/en"
The "au" page here, which may be different. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/travel-...d-baggage.html
"International" depends on your point of view.
Australia domestic flights booked in Australia use weight base.
In the QF forum there a number of threads on checked baggage allowances. Can be confusing, as not well written. Was better a few year ago, when they had in table form. One of the old QF threads has images of those tables.
The QF page linked is for USA "com/us/en"
The "au" page here, which may be different. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/travel-...d-baggage.html
"International" depends on your point of view.
Australia domestic flights booked in Australia use weight base.
In the QF forum there a number of threads on checked baggage allowances. Can be confusing, as not well written. Was better a few year ago, when they had in table form. One of the old QF threads has images of those tables.
HTI-CNS coach only
CNS-SYD business
Booked using Avios under my BA number, which has no status. (I have OW life Ruby via AA life Gold, but neither BA nor QF know that, and it's not worth a bucket of warm spit anyway, AFAIK.)
I'm not seeing any material difference between the /us/ and /au/ policies; in both cases domestic allowances are piece-based:
Apr 11, 2018, 12:01 am
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Yes -- and Manage my Booking says I have weight-based up to 30kg on those segments. Sigh. I would almost believe it was all purposely confusing to allow them to charge higher fees, but Hanlon's Razor applies.
Apr 11, 2018, 2:15 am
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Like the OP in this thread, I have a BA-ticketed all domestic itinerary. This page (https://www.qantas.com/us/en/travel-...d-baggage.html) makes absolutely no mention of weight-based allowances for domestic flights -- it's all about piece based allowances. The only place it talks about weight-based is under "International flights (excluding North and South America)".
However, when I go to Manage my Booking, I have a purely weight-based allowance...
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...15d58c4d46.png
...unless I want to purchase additional allowance, which is piece-based:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5a0f0a5617.png
Something seems broken here.
However, when I go to Manage my Booking, I have a purely weight-based allowance...
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...15d58c4d46.png
...unless I want to purchase additional allowance, which is piece-based:
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5a0f0a5617.png
Something seems broken here.
One way of testing that is to get a copy of an Amadeus-generated e-ticket receipt that actually shows the ticketed baggage allowance on each sector. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that CheckMyTrip does that in either version - can anyone confirm?
Apr 11, 2018, 2:43 am
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I haven't come across this myself and I have to admit to never having paid any real attention to the stated baggage allowance on my BA-ticketed QF domestic itineraries.
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Unfortunately, I'm not sure that CheckMyTrip does that in either version - can anyone confirm?
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Unfortunately, I'm not sure that CheckMyTrip does that in either version - can anyone confirm?
Looked at my reservation on https://classic.checkmytrip.com. Baggage allowance not shown.
Apr 11, 2018, 12:22 pm
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(Said Helpful Person acknowledged that the links were findable, but preferred they not be posted; I do find most or all of them posted elsewhere on FT. I did find Classic CheckMyTrip on my own, which does display the full fare basis but does not display the baggage allowance, at https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...&SITE=XCMTXXNS, in case anybody is looking for that increasingly hard to find portal.)
Apr 11, 2018, 3:30 pm
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Yes, it sounds like a QF IT glitch, then! I'm glad you've been able to get confirmation of what the position is.