Swiss- Checked baggage onto connecting Singapore Airlines flight

[Simon Overall]

Hey all,

If I book a Swiss flight Zurich to Singapore on one ticket and then have a Singapore Airlines redemption ticket to Bali would they check the bags all the way through from Zurich please?

Appreciate the help.

 

[Quickstatus]

While LX and SQ are Star Alliance members, in order to have baggage checked through to destination, you actually need both flights on the same ticket.

Separate to that, SQ and the LH group which include LX have a Joint Venture Agreement but the benefits of the JV usually extends to single ticket travel only.

JV Agreement

That said, Changi has transfer desks, and in the past it has been possible for transit passengers on separate tickets to approach the transfer desks to ask then to retrieve and retag the baggage without the passenger having to clear immigration, pick up baggage and recheck.
There are transfer desks in each terminal.

So, in short, there is no guarantee that your baggage will be checked through to DPS but there are 2 possibilities- ask check in at ZRH, and failing that, ask the transfer desk at SIN Terminal 2 (generally this is the arrival terminal for LX at SIN). In any case you may have to visit the Transfer Desk if you are unable to get a Boarding pass for the SIN-DPS sector.


Star Alliance advice:


Changi Airport advice:



Picture of one of the Transfer Desk

 

[dajop]

The other way around would be fine ... SQ will through check luggage and issue a boarding pass for LX even on separate bookings.

But, it is the policies of the first carrier that dictate whether they do it or not. So it's up to the policies (and competency at checkin) of LX.

Anecdotal evidence suggests they will.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufthansa-austrian-swiss-brussels-lot-other-partners-miles-more/2213172-through-checking-bag-separate-reservations-within.html

The other factor is that you are not protected, if the LX flight is late and you miss your SQ flight, you probably will have to buy a new one for the next morning and pay for a night's hotel in SIN. But unless you're arriving on a Friday night, or the Singapore school holidays, it shouldn't cost too much to buy a whole new ticket (just not on SQ), . I assume you will have 3-3.5 hr between flights at SIN. Probably a risk that is OK to take.

 

[Simon Overall]

Thank you both.

 

[markis10]

SQ mention on their website that they have an interline agreement that allows through check on seperate PNRs with a number of transit ports voiding this, Singapore being one of them.

 

[dajop]

SQ mention on their website that they have an interline agreement that allows through check on seperate PNRs with a number of transit ports voiding this, Singapore being one of them.

Legacy from COVID? There was no through checking via SIN during that 2.5 year period but it has resumed since then.

 

[markis10]

Could well be a legacy.

 

[Quickstatus]

interline agreement

Interlining agreements are primarily concerned with the movement of passengers across different airlines on the same ticket. Just because an airline may offer it to passengers on separate ticket is generally a courtesy rather than part of the agreement.

That said, SQ is generally good at tagging through at SIN onto a separate airline and ticket. In this case however, LX check in would be the ones tagging through at initial checkin at ZRH. If then can do it the great. If not the only other option would be to see if the transfer desk at SIN would re-tag.

 

[markis10]

Interlining agreements are primarily concerned with the movement of passengers across different airlines on the same ticket. Just because an airline may offer it to passengers on separate ticket is generally a courtesy

Interline agreements have covered
baggage for a long time, but not always. IATA is replacing interlining with offers and orders which will cover who is responsible for what at all points in the journey. The interlining agreement with SQ and Swiss covers baggage and its treatment.

 

[Quickstatus]

The interlining agreement with SQ and Swiss covers baggage and its treatment.

On separate or single tickets?

 

[markis10]

On separate or single tickets?

Both