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AC and UA Now Charging $100 For A 2nd Bag To Israel.
« on: July 15, 2011, 01:57:40 AM »
https://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US/travel/Pages/CheckedBaggage.aspx?v_ctrk=HHLN$0-772-2045-1-1156

If you're traveling with your family a CO PP Plus card will now pay for itself!
« Last Edit: June 11, 2012, 05:55:35 PM by Dan »
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 02:11:41 AM »
https://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US/travel/Pages/CheckedBaggage.aspx?v_ctrk=HHLN$0-772-2045-1-1156

If you're traveling with your family a CO PP Plus card will now pay for itself!

OMG, this is retarded. It won't be long before all the other airlines follow suit. It's becoming more and more of a hassle to calculate the bottom-line price of airline travel...
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 05:51:04 AM »
does gold still get 3 bags?

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 06:52:57 AM »
Yes

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 06:55:07 AM »
crazy.... its ginna get really hard to shop in america to bring into israel soon..

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2011, 07:04:27 AM »
crazy.... its ginna get really hard to shop in america to bring into israel soon..
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2011, 03:50:13 AM »
time to become gold
if you find any cheap ways I'm in

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 04:24:26 AM »
wait would they still have these charges if booking on a partner flight thru them or just when flying with CO/UA?

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 05:12:06 AM »
wait would they still have these charges if booking on a partner flight thru them or just when flying with CO/UA?
Checked bag restrictions follow the rules of the operating carrier (the airline you're flying on) regardless of who its booked through.

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2011, 12:49:56 PM »
Checked bag restrictions follow the rules of the operating carrier (the airline you're flying on) regardless of who its booked through.
so non-elites have to stay away from CO/UA operated flights if they want free 2nd bags... not as bad as I thought... altho this could start a trend seeting the stage for other airlines to follow suit :'(

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 01:01:29 PM »
https://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US/travel/Pages/CheckedBaggage.aspx?v_ctrk=HHLN$0-772-2045-1-1156

If you're traveling with your family a CO PP Plus card will now pay for itself!

Continental Airlines Presidential PlusSM primary Cardmembers get their first and second checked bags free. Other Continental Airlines Chase primary credit Cardmembers get their first checked bag free.

it looks like it won't work for the whole family only the primary cardholder

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 01:05:05 PM »
Continental Airlines Presidential PlusSM primary Cardmembers get their first and second checked bags free. Other Continental Airlines Chase primary credit Cardmembers get their first checked bag free.

it looks like it won't work for the whole family only the primary cardholder
It works for anyone on the primary cardholders reservation automatically.
It also works for non-primary cardholders and their whole reservation, but an airport agent has to override that manually.

CO/UA elites also get 2-3 free bags for them and everyone on their entire reservation.
The general rule is that everyone on the same res has the same policy as the most privileged traveler for everything except for upgrades. 
For upgrades the opposite rule is true-it follows the least privileged traveler.  Which is why you should book everyone together and then split the elites off of the reservation...
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2011, 02:07:42 PM »
CO OPP holders get just the first bag free? Also for entire reservation?

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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2011, 02:19:05 PM »
CO OPP holders get just the first bag free? Also for entire reservation?
Correct, 1 free with OPP.
The general rule is that everyone on the same res has the same policy as the most privileged traveler for everything except for upgrades. 
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2011, 06:08:33 PM »
so non-elites have to stay away from CO/UA operated flights if they want free 2nd bags... not as bad as I thought... altho this could start a trend seeting the stage for other airlines to follow suit :'(
I would expect a match from AC/DL/US in short order.

AC tried this before but rescinded when CO/DL/US didn't match/
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2011, 06:11:01 PM »
AC tried this before but rescinded when CO/DL/US didn't match/

So AC will match this first, and DL/US will be quick to match  :'(
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2011, 06:24:29 PM »
My guess is DL matches first, but we'll see.
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2011, 01:47:14 AM »
Don't need elite status to get 3 free 70 pound bags in BF.

Does this change for BF customers too ? no more 3 bags 70lbs ? The CO website says nothing about a third bag.
(not that it did say it before...)
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2011, 01:55:30 AM »
Does this change for BF customers too ? no more 3 bags 70lbs ? The CO website says nothing about a third bag.
(not that it did say it before...)

Wow, looks like BF (booked after 07/14) now only gets 2 bags, 70 pounds each!  That's crazy!!!

Star Gold continues to get 3 bags, 70 pounds each.
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Re: CO/UA Now Charging $70 For A 2nd Checked Bag To Israel...
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2011, 02:56:42 AM »
Wow, looks like BF (booked after 07/14) now only gets 2 bags, 70 pounds each!  That's crazy!!!
I believe DL started that July 1, so they're copying DL on that one
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