SYD->SCL->BOG (return) - question about Santiago transit

[tigris33]

Hello,

My first time posting here - apologies in advance if this is not the correct forum to ask this question!

I will be travelling from Sydney to Bogota via Santiago (and returning the same way) later in August.
My Sydney-Santiago legs are with Qantas (codeshare with Latam).
My Santiago-Bogota legs are with Avianca.
One PNR, one ticket issued through Qantas.

My question: at Bogota (when doing the return BOG->SCL->SYD trip), will I be able to:
a) check my bags all the way through to Sydney, and
b) get my boarding passes for both flights at Bogota itself?

My big worry is getting to Bogota airport and being told that I can only check my bags upto Santiago, and that I'll have to exit immigration there in order to get to Sydney. Each time, I have less than 2 hours in transit in Santiago, and since I'm not visiting Chile, I do not have a visa for Chile.
(I'm not so worried about the outgoing journey Syd->Scl->Bog - if they don't let me onto the SYD-SCL flight, my holiday may be in jeopardy, but at least I'll be at home!)

My travel agent has said that I should only be in transit in Santiago, but a second opinion wouldn't hurt - especially if there are other people who've done this leg already.


Thank you in advance!

 

[RooFlyer]

Welcome to AFF @tigris33 . According to the Expert Flyer resource, Avianca has an interline agreement with Qantas and will check bags through to QF.

 

[tigris33]

Welcome to AFF @tigris33 . According to the Expert Flyer resource, Avianca has an interline agreement with Qantas and will check bags through to QF.

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Thanks for the quick response, @RooFlyer - much appreciated.

I'm not familiar with interline agreements, but I take it this means "yes" should be the answer to both questions?

 

[RooFlyer]

I believe so. If they send your bags, assume they'll send you, too . Others around here are far more expert than me, and will correct me if I'm wrong!

 

[tigris33]

Thanks!

 

[bashworth]

It didn't work for me in March.
We had an economy flight from Buenos Aires booked through Latam and then on to Melbourne via Auckland Business Class booked through Qantas but flying on Latam.
The agent in BA refused to check our bags through so we had to claim them in Santiago and recheck

 

[tigris33]

It didn't work for me in March.
We had an economy flight from Buenos Aires booked through Latam and then on to Melbourne via Auckland Business Class booked through Qantas but flying on Latam.
The agent in BA refused to check our bags through so we had to claim them in Santiago and recheck

Oh dear! Was that because you had two separate bookings, though?

 

[bashworth]

Oh dear! Was that because you had two separate bookings, though?

I can only assume so. . . . but it was interesting that they did give us all three boarding passes!

 

[tigris33]

Indeed! Thanks anyway for sharing your experience.

 

[tigris33]

Returned from my trip, thought I'd give an update.

Turned out to be zero problems.
When leaving Sydney, bags were checked all the way to Bogota. The only thing I had to do was speak with the staff at my transit gate in Santiago, and confirm that the bag was transferred across to go to Bogota.
Same thing on the return trip from Bogota to Sydney.

Santiago proved to be a very smooth transit this time, so I was happy .