Same aircraft, different flight number -- Can I stay on the plane?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Same aircraft, different flight number -- Can I stay on the plane?
I am flying BWI -> LAS with a connection at MKE. It appears that the same aircraft will be used for both segments, but different flight numbers (it's essentially a connecting flight). If that is the case, will I be allowed to stay on the airplane in Milwaukee or will I need to get off and then reboard? At a minimum will I at least be allowed to leave my suitcase on the plane?
Thanks.
Thanks.
#2
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: CLT
Posts: 7,249
IME if there is a crew change, regardless of flight number, you and your stuff must deplane.
I'd be prepared to get off.
I'd be prepared to get off.
#3
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,412
You will need to get off the plane and reboard (so your BP is scanned).
I would also bring the items with you. Otherwise, they might be taken to lost & found.
Too bad they didn't make it a thru-flight...would have been a lot easier for you!
Take a stroll through the airport instead. Concourse C at MKE is nice!
I would also bring the items with you. Otherwise, they might be taken to lost & found.
Too bad they didn't make it a thru-flight...would have been a lot easier for you!
Take a stroll through the airport instead. Concourse C at MKE is nice!
Last edited by newsmanhoss; Dec 13, 2011 at 10:38 am
#4
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I plan to take a quick stroll since it's my first time flying through there, but unfortunately only have a 40-minute connection. I just wish it was concourse D so I could pick up some sausages.
#5
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Security on Concourse D will probably allow you thru with your boarding pass for the connection; just tell them you want some food on D. I would check the length of the security line to re-enter, before you exit your concourse, though; sometimes, it can get backed up at peak times, unless you are going thru the priority line.
#6
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: MKE
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You'll definitely be asked to deplane. Don't wander too far as AirTran re boards in a hurry. It's a pretty well oiled operation on Concourse C.
#7
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 75
This is an odd reverse of that situation. I recently flew DL RT from ATL to IST. That flight has a single flight number but you change planes (and terminals) at JFK in both directions. IMO, a very silly way to publish the flight. It's a connection. You get off of one plane and board another one. Lots of confusion at JFK for people that hadn't read the details of their itinerary closely, especially outbound. (You have to do customs and immigration at JFK coming back. I think that even if it was the same plane, they would have to unload it an send everybody through the entry process. But I'm not sure. I've never been on a flight that continued on the same plane after an international landing in the US.)
#8
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Just to follow up: The same crew flew both segments of the flight, but I still had to deplane, wait about 10 minutes, then reboard.
#9
Join Date: Dec 2007
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I was the first to board in BC the other day and noticed that quite a few coach pax were already on board from the previous flight so it does happen.