Interlining possible / advisable

[ashleyn]

Dear Brains trust, here's my scenario for next year.

Fly from Venice to LHR on BA579 then on CX250 to Hong Kong and finally on to Perth on CX171. Question is, will BA take my checked in luggage all the way or will I have to collect and re-check at Heathrow ? Second question, if that is possible, is it advisable or a high risk of getting lost ?

 

[MelUser]

Last time I flew to venice it was Gatwick on BA - and no amount of money could get them to interline LHR to LGW even though it was all on the same ticket. Having said that I left my luggage at LHR and it did turn up in Venice 3 days later!

 

[TomVexille]

BA should interline to CX

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Dear Brains trust, here's my scenario for next year.

Fly from Venice to LHR on BA579 then on CX250 to Hong Kong and finally on to Perth on CX171. Question is, will BA take my checked in luggage all the way or will I have to collect and re-check at Heathrow ? Second question, if that is possible, is it advisable or a high risk of getting lost ?

BA should check through the bags - even if on separate tickets.

There is little likelihood the bag will get lost with a relatively short connection time such as the one you have.

 

[Foreigner]

Ms F is travelling today SYD-SIN-ZRH on SQ then ZRH-CDG on Air France. Luggage was interlined through to Paris. Tickets were purchased separately.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Ms F is travelling today SYD-SIN-ZRH on SQ then ZRH-CDG on Air France. Luggage was interlined through to Paris. Tickets were purchased separately.

Some airlines actually want your money and custom and make things work. Others just aren't interested.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Some airlines actually want your money and custom and make things work. Others just aren't interested.

Let's see how interested SQ still are when they're delayed resulting in a misconnect to CDG and they don't have access to the AF e-ticket.

Don't know whether there's an IATCI agreement between SQ & AF meaning SQ would be able to issue the AF boarding pass or if they only interline bags however even if they did issue a boarding pass for AF it's not to say they wouldn't handball the pax to AF in the event of a disruption.

As SQ & AF are in different alliances don't expect too much in the way of co-operation between the two.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Let's see how interested SQ still are when they're delayed resulting in a misconnect to CDG and they don't have access to the AF e-ticket.

Don't know whether there's an IATCI agreement between SQ & AF meaning SQ would be able to issue the AF boarding pass or if they only interline bags however even if they did issue a boarding pass for AF it's not to say they wouldn't handball the pax to AF in the event of a disruption.

As SQ & AF are in different alliances don't expect too much in the way of co-operation between the two.

I accept your points but for me the 'mechanics' aren't so important... or whether boarding passes can be issued... but whether the bags can go all the way through.

Qantas refuses to through check bags on separate tickets on separate alliances... which is inconvenient for me. Qantas would rather lose my business on the MEL-SYD sector than through check bags to BKK on a combination of QF->TG.

Rather than recognising my plans might change... that I might have to add a flight here or there... that a single ticket might not always be possible... Qantas would rather lose my business for domestic, and sometimes international connections because they make it too inconvenient to have to collect bags.

 

[Foreigner]

That AFF ticket was purchased online. Boarding pass didn't matter to us. Just needed the bag getting to final destination without another checkin.

 

[Sdtravel]

It's interesting that MEL_Traveller says that its a short connection between flights. I assume that's relating to the set of CX flights. Transfer time looks around 1h 40m

I am planning QF1 to BA578 where transfer is 2h.
Would you define anything under 2h short and chances of getting lost luggage going up?
What is a safe window generally?
Or are you meaning its short because if your inbound is late at all then its very unlikely for luggage to make the connection even if you do.

Surely OW interlines means that since its a suggested transfer being sold together on the one ticket that they would make an effort to get your luggage to come with you and even on a different pnr since the precedent is set they would?
Surely cx to cx would be even more likely even when short?

 

[get me outta here]

Do you think that SQ would interlink to SAS via AMS? I checked the on time arrivals, and SQ arrives 90% on time. Flights on different tkts.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It's interesting that MEL_Traveller says that its a short connection between flights. I assume that's relating to the set of CX flights. Transfer time looks around 1h 40m

I am planning QF1 to BA578 where transfer is 2h.
Would you define anything under 2h short and chances of getting lost luggage going up?
What is a safe window generally?
Or are you meaning its short because if your inbound is late at all then its very unlikely for luggage to make the connection even if you do.

Surely OW interlines means that since its a suggested transfer being sold together on the one ticket that they would make an effort to get your luggage to come with you and even on a different pnr since the precedent is set they would?
Surely cx to cx would be even more likely even when short?

Bags are less likely to get lost if they have somewhere to go and something to do. If your connection time is 'short' I mean anything where the connecting flight is open for check-in at the connecting airport, the baggage bins for that flight are already receiving bags, and your incoming bag can simply be transferred off one flight and directly to the next.

If you have a long connection (6/8/12 hours), the arriving bags have to be stored somewhere until they can be allocated to the connecting flight. If a bag is sitting somewhere in transit limbo, the chances it might get 'forgotten' may rise very slightly.

If I have a long transit I always check with the gate agent to get them to manually confirm my bag has made the connection. They tap away at their computer, or make a call, but I have no idea what they actually do, or whether it means anything. But it make me feel better

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I accept your points but for me the 'mechanics' aren't so important... or whether boarding passes can be issued... but whether the bags can go all the way through.

Qantas refuses to through check bags on separate tickets on separate alliances... which is inconvenient for me. Qantas would rather lose my business on the MEL-SYD sector than through check bags to BKK on a combination of QF->TG.

Rather than recognising my plans might change... that I might have to add a flight here or there... that a single ticket might not always be possible... Qantas would rather lose my business for domestic, and sometimes international connections because they make it too inconvenient to have to collect bags.[/QUOTE

All airlines have bean counters who make certain decisions on aspects of the business that you may or nay not agree with.

They may view 'losing' your business as short term loss for long term gain or you may just be collateral damage.

If I have a long transit I always check with the gate agent to get them to manually confirm my bag has made the connection.

They tap away at their computer, or make a call, but I have no idea what they actually do, or whether it means anything. But it make me feel better

The gate agent may be calling ops who has access to the baggage loading info to see if your bag tag is showing as scanned ie loaded on to the a/c.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The gate agent may be calling ops who has access to the baggage loading info to see if your bag tag is showing as scanned ie loaded on to the a/c.

thanks. I was hoping it would be something like that

the last time i needed to do this was on air India... the gate agent was adamant that as I was on the same flight I had arrived on there was no need for them to do this. I pointed out that AI301 and AI310 were in fact different, unrelated flights. But he wasn't convinced :-|