First leg in Y, second in first, is there a checked bag fee?
Jan 9, 2009, 4:30 am
#1
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First leg in Y, second in first, is there a checked bag fee?
The website isn't really clear.
It says exempt if confirmed in first at time of check in. Well I'm confirmed in first for the second leg when I check in for my first leg.
Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks.
It says exempt if confirmed in first at time of check in. Well I'm confirmed in first for the second leg when I check in for my first leg.
Anyone have experience with this?
Thanks.
Jan 9, 2009, 11:09 am
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This question came up way back when the fees first started and I confirmed with the ticket counter manager here in PHX that if you are flying F class for any of the day's segments then the fees are waived. So if you're Y from SAN-PHX, then F from PHX to BDL - no fees.
However if you're only flying the outbound in Y and the return on a different day in F then you have to pay the fees on the outbound.
Hope this helps.
However if you're only flying the outbound in Y and the return on a different day in F then you have to pay the fees on the outbound.
Hope this helps.
Jan 9, 2009, 11:12 am
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That does help, thanks. Same day segments so I hope the counter people know the rule. 
Jan 9, 2009, 1:42 pm
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This question came up way back when the fees first started and I confirmed with the ticket counter manager here in PHX that if you are flying F class for any of the day's segments then the fees are waived. So if you're Y from SAN-PHX, then F from PHX to BDL - no fees.
However if you're only flying the outbound in Y and the return on a different day in F then you have to pay the fees on the outbound.
Hope this helps.
However if you're only flying the outbound in Y and the return on a different day in F then you have to pay the fees on the outbound.
Hope this helps.
On these same lines, as a US elite, when I've been upgraded on the 2nd of a connecting flight (PHX-DCA-BUF upgraded on DCA-BUF not PHX-DCA), I was told in PHX that my bags had to be less than 50 lbs. Had I been upgraded for the first leg, I believe that goes to 70 lbs. Is this the way it should be, or was I misinformed?
I ended up taking a shoe (yes, 1 shoe) out of a checked bag and squeezed it into my backpack, and that solved the 1 lb or whatever the overage was. Was just a bit of a PITA.