Checking luggage through

[mella2007]

Tomorrow I'm flying from ATH to AUH with EY and then in transit at the airport before flying with CX from AUH to KUL
Is it at all possible for luggage to be checked through all the way to KUL or will I need to collect in AUH and recheck?

 

[mella2007]

Anyone??? Leave in 8 hours and won't be able to check Internet for much longer

 

[serfty]

Same ticket?

Posted on a wing and a prayer ...

 

[mella2007]

Hi Serfty

No. One ticket with VA on EY, rest with CX in J

 

[simongr]

I expect you wont be able to check through.

 

[drewbles]

From reading the EY website, they do not have any interline agreements with CX so you would probably have to collect it regardless.

 

[serfty]

Airlines are not in the habit of publishing their interline baggage agreements. Most major airlines have them with each other; I'd be very surprised if EY and CX didn't.

 

[mella2007]

Fingers crossed, will let you know how I go

 

[mella2007]

Business class check in would only tag to AUH. Got to AUH and the transfer desk said she should and could have tagged all the way through as EY and CX do have an interline agreement.
Very helpful and organized for our luggage to be collected from the carousel with new tags, which meant we stayed in transit instead of having to clear immigration and collect and then recheck. Transfer desk even did all our lounge and boarding passes so very happy.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Business class check in would only tag to AUH. Got to AUH and the transfer desk said she should and could have tagged all the way through as EY and CX do have an interline agreement.

Very helpful and organized for our luggage to be collected from the carousel with new tags, which meant we stayed in transit instead of having to clear immigration and collect and then recheck. Transfer desk even did all our lounge and boarding passes so very happy.

I wonder if EY have a requirement that in order to check bags through to CX, all flights have to be in the same booking or whether they can be separate bookings.

I think another person on AFF had conflicting issues with EY checkin in SYD whereby his bags were only checked to AUH yet his friend's bags were checked beyond that yet they had identical bookings. Wonder who the ground handler is for EY in SYD?

 

[serfty]

KVS shows interline agreement info these days.

Hoever, in reality for most airlines, it all needs to be booked upon the on PNR.

 

[Danger]

As a general rule is it possible to add another piece of baggage to an already checked piece? That is, checked one piece in at, say, 8am and then another an hour later? Does the answer change if your first bag is through-checked from a previous destination? For example. KUL-SIN-LHR. Check in one bag at KUL to be delivered at LHR and add a second bag at SIN.