Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus - Transist advice for BKK

I will be arriving into BKK from NRT on Thai F. My plan is to continue onto CNX on a separate ticket, although it will also be with Thai (economy :(). I have a choice of two flights to CNX, one with just under a two-hour connection and the other with just over a three-hour connection.

My question is two part. First, would I be able to interline my checked luggage at my origin (FRA-NRT on LH) so that I would not have to claim my luggage in BKK only to immediately re-check it with Thai? Secondly, in the event I do have to claim and re-check, would the two-hour connection give me enough time to pass immigration, claim and re-check my luggage, and then re-clear security, or should I play it safe and opt for the three-hour connection? This is my first time transiting BKK so I'm unsure how much time to leave.

Thanks.

So one ticket is FRA-NRT and the other is NRT-BKK-CNX? Or is ticket 1 FRA-NRT-BKK and ticket 2 is BKK-CNX? I assume the latter, but it's not completely clear.

In any event, yes - you should be able to interline your luggage (FRA-NRT-BKK-CNX). What you will not be able to do is get your BKK-CNX BP before arriving in BKK given this will be on a separate ticket, either way.

If you can't interline, then two hours should be enough for claiming luggage and re-checking, but you will not have too much time to waste. In this case, because I'm a conservative creature, I would opt for the later flight.

As you're arriving in TG F, you'll be met at the gate. If you're on a separate ticket to CNX, the agent will not know (her records will say BKK is your final destination) so you'll need to advise her to take you to the domestic transfer point and then the transfer desk to get your onward BP. You can clear immigration formalities at BKK and customs at CNX.

Happy travels

Thanks for your reply. You were correct in that my first ticket is FRA-NRT-BKK, on LH and TG F respectively. I just wasn't sure if the LH agents in FRA would be able to interline the luggage for a TG flight.

Fingers now crossed that the new 747 F schedule for NRT-BKK holds and is not pushed back any further.

As you're arriving in TG F, you'll be met at the gate. If you're on a separate ticket to CNX, the agent will not know (her records will say BKK is your final destination) so you'll need to advise her to take you to the domestic transfer point and then the transfer desk to get your onward BP.

*** You can xref your PNRs so "she" knows.

You can clear immigration formalities at CNX to avoid the process at BKK.

*** Immigration @ BKK, customs @ CNX

So one ticket is FRA-NRT and the other is NRT-BKK-CNX? Or is ticket 1 FRA-NRT-BKK and ticket 2 is BKK-CNX? I assume the latter, but it's not completely clear.

In any event, yes - you should be able to interline your luggage (FRA-NRT-BKK-CNX). What you will not be able to do is get your BKK-CNX BP before arriving in BKK given this will be on a separate ticket, either way.

If you can't interline, then two hours should be enough for claiming luggage and re-checking, but you will not have too much time to waste. In this case, because I'm a conservative creature, I would opt for the later flight.

As you're arriving in TG F, you'll be met at the gate. If you're on a separate ticket to CNX, the agent will not know (her records will say BKK is your final destination) so you'll need to advise her to take you to the domestic transfer point and then the transfer desk to get your onward BP. You can clear immigration formalities at CNX to avoid the process at BKK.

Happy travels

its customs at CNX, immigration at BKK for inbound