Charged checked baggages for connecting international flights
I was traveling from Dfw-SFO (AA) and SFO- Taipei (Eva Air) I brought 2 suitcases and AA charged me $60. Has this ever happens to anyone? Their reasoning was that Eva Air is not part of One World.
Best Answer
Checked baggage rules depends on the purchased ticket and eventually to a frequent-flyer program status of the passenger.
Let's say for example that you purchased a single ticket from Dallas to Taipei economic class with a single checked baggage. Because you have the status X of the frequent-flyer program Y and the company that is serving your single ticket recognize the frequent-flyer program they give you an extra checked baggage for free valid for all the trip.
Another example: you bought two separate tickets, one from Dallas to San Francisco and another from San Francisco to Taipei (economy class and 1 checked baggage allowed). In this case only the flight from Dallas to San Francisco is served by a company that recognize your frequent-flyer status and give you the extra checked baggage only for that part of your trip.
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