Checking luggage through at connecting flight

Ficheall

I've booked a flight from Dublin -> Heathrow -> Hong Kong and Hong Kong->Heathrow-> Dublin with Qantas.
The first leg is with British Midland International, the two longer legs are with Qantas, and the final leg is with aer lingus.
The Aer Lingus flight is down as a "Qantas partner flight", whereas the BMI flight is marked "Flight operated by another carrier".

My concern is whether or not I'll have to check check-in luggage through at Heathrow. I'm only there for an hour and forty minutes on the outward journey, which doesn't give me enough time.

On my "manage your booking" page a "Check-in closes" time is given for both the Dub->LHR and HKG->LHR flights, but none are given for the two second legs.

Apparently "Qantas only through check bags if all the flights are on the one booking and if the affiliated airlines are part of the One World Programme.", which British Midland Airways does not seem to be, as far as I can tell.

So... I don't know whether I can bring checked luggage with me or not.

Any thoughts on the matter much appreciated.

BuffyBot

bmi isn't part of Oneworld no, but that'll have no bearing in this case.

What counts is luggage interline agreements (which bmi and Qantas do have), and as you've purchased the journey all as one ticket, they'll be able to check it through for you.

Ficheall

That sounds wonderful, but - and it's not that I don't trust you, rather a matter of curiosity - where does one find that they have an interline agreement? I have googled but to no avail...

whatsyourquota

Your luggage as far as I know will always be checked through if you have bought on one ticket.
My understanding is those agreements between airlines would be for people who booked the tickets for each journey seperately but would still like to check the baggage all the way through.
For example when I fly to bangkok I use a combination of aer lingus and china airlines these two have no agreements with each other but my baggage gets checked through because I have bought everything on the same ticket

BuffyBot

I have googled but to no avail...

I don't believe there is a publicly available list. Apart from the huge amount of data it would contain, it would constantly change.

Your luggage as far as I know will always be checked through if you have bought on one ticket.

Not necessarily, not. 98% of the time yes.

My understanding is those agreements between airlines would be for people who booked the tickets for each journey seperately but would still like to check the baggage all the way through.

Incorrect

Ficheall

BuffyBot wrote: »

Ficheall wrote: »

I have googled but to no avail...

I don't believe there is a publicly available list. Apart from the huge amount of data it would contain, it would constantly change.

How, then, do you know?
I don't want to end up having to ditch my luggage...

Ponster

Ficheall wrote: »

How, then, do you know?

It's just something that some of us know from having traveled before I guess.

When you buy a multi-flight trip on one ticket then your luggage will almost always be checked through for the whole trip.

Ficheall

Ponster wrote: »

It's just something that some of us know from having traveled before I guess.

When you buy a multi-flight trip on one ticket then your luggage will almost always be checked through for the whole trip.

That "almost" is the bit that's concerning me...

Ponster

Ficheall wrote: »

That "almost" is the bit that's concerning me...

Well then don't rely on us. Just call the people with whom you booked the ticket

BuffyBot

How, then, do you know?

I've worked in the airline industry before

Aishae

i flew dublin to heathrow with aer lingus and then heathrow to LA to NZ - with air nz i think it was. returning via hong kong rather than LA. once i left dublin i didnt see my luggage again until nz. my booking ref letter said that my luggage would go through but that i hat to re-check in for the boarding pass at heathrow (but only heathrow) - however on the return journey i didnt have to do this.

best thing to do is just ring the airline to confirm their practices

Ficheall

Rang BMI, and it seems all's well.

Thank you all for your replies.