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Not sure if anyone else has run into this yet, but since mid July it appears that some United agents will try to charge for your checked baggage, even when traveling on a SAA, international, ticket. [They allowed 1 bag free then charged two clients $50 each for their 2nd bag. When it was pointed out that it was an SAA ticket, and the bags were supposed to fly free, they responded: "Then talk to SAA about it!"] We did get the $$$ back from Customer Service when we pointed at their own web site - they denied the error until then! Their policy has changed going forward but it does not apply to tickets purchased prior to June 1,2011. If you run into this it might be helpful to print and carry along these two pages from their web site. pre June 1 post June 1 Les | ||
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Hi Les - yes United changed their policy and started charging clients even if the only United flight was domestic and connecting to South African. Took this up with South African Airways and today they just put out this information : August 15, 2011 South African Airways / United Airlines Baggage Announcement Dear Valued Travel Partner: South African Airways would like to advise you that on Friday, August 12th, our code share partner, United Airlines confirmed to us a change in their free baggage allowance policy as it applies to Economy Class passengers traveling between the United States and South Africa and involving any of their flights. Effective immediately, for any tickets purchased after July 14, 2011, passengers checking in with United Airlines for a connecting flight (code share or interline) to South African Airways, will be charged $70 USD for their second piece of luggage. This applies only to passengers in Economy Class, traveling to or from South Africa, Malawi or Zambia. All other Southern African destinations remain unchanged with the free allowance of two pieces. Our free checked baggage allowance with our code share partner, JetBlue remains unchanged. The free baggage allowance of two pieces of luggage will apply on JetBlue code share flights. We sincerely regret any confusion or inconvenience that this recent change in United Airlines’ baggage free allowance policy may cause. At this time there are no other changes to South African Airways baggage allowance policy, and we will do our very best to keep you apprised as soon as possible of any further changes that may transpire. Thank you, as always, for your continued support in selling South African Airways. South African Airways North America Sales | |||
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Steve, Interestingly, UA will charge $70 for the 2nd bag on the domestic connection to SAA, which for me is TPA to IAD. But if I was just flying on United to IAD from TPA they would only charge me $25 for the first bag and $35 for the second bag. Nice way for them to inflate their bottom line! I wonder are they charging $70 again at the return connection at IAD? Les | |||
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Hi Les My point exactly. I've sent this to a travel lawyer to see what he says on this. | |||
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UA wouldn't give me the 80,000 airmiles, said it was SAA responsibilty. Delta didn't charge us extra last August; Nashville to Atlanta. I wonder if that will change? Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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