Luggage on a One World RTW Trip

[philflyer]

I am working out an economy round the world trip on the Qantas website as an award booking.

I thought that any RTW trips that went via North or South America had luggage limit of 2 checked bags on all sectors of the RTW trip. I noticed today that it is 2 bags when heading to North/South America from Australia first, and then it drops to 1 bag only for the Atlantic crossing (examples were with British Airways and Iberia). Has the checked luggage limits change on the OneWorld RTW tickets?

 

[drron]

From the OW explorer T&Cs-
Baggage regulations
Two free pieces of 23 kilos each shall be permitted. Additional allowances may apply. Refer to
individual carrier websites.

Check here and go to rule sheet-
oneworld Explorer - oneworld

 

[Flashback]

I think the OP is talking about a QF RTW award rather than a OW product.

Sent from my HTC Desire using AustFreqFly

 

[drron]

Sorry I got confused by the thread title.

 

[philflyer]

Yes, the trip will be a points redemption through Qantas. I always thought that on the ticket the same luggage allowance continued though all sectors. It's a bit of a hassle if it goes up and down. Perhaps I will try AA for the Atlantic crossing to see if that makes any difference. Otherwise I will purchase extra luggage for those "lean" sectors.

 

[serfty]

This is the Most Significant Carrier coming into play.

However, It's a shame that the USA exception does not apply..

(If it did apply then your allowance of the marketing for the first journey¹ should apply for the entire booking.)

IATA Baggage Resolution 302 related to baggage provision (partially amended from the original version) | ANA

¹ "Journey" being a series of segments not broken by a "stopover".