Help: 23-hour layover (Baggage Question)!
Jul 23, 2014, 6:14 pm
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Help: 23-hour layover (Baggage Question)!
Hi All,
I have an upcoming trip with a route that looks like this: HKG-AUH-IAD-ZZZ. I have a stopover/layover in IAD for about 23 hours (essentially an overnight).
Can I ask EY agents in HKG to check my bags ONLY to IAD? I would, of course, re-check my luggage with the appropriate carrier for my final segment the following day. Also does pre-clearance matter with how this issue will be handled?
With security the way it is, I can't imagine that IAD would hold my luggage for 23 hours...
Thanks fellow FTers!
I have an upcoming trip with a route that looks like this: HKG-AUH-IAD-ZZZ. I have a stopover/layover in IAD for about 23 hours (essentially an overnight).
Can I ask EY agents in HKG to check my bags ONLY to IAD? I would, of course, re-check my luggage with the appropriate carrier for my final segment the following day. Also does pre-clearance matter with how this issue will be handled?
With security the way it is, I can't imagine that IAD would hold my luggage for 23 hours...
Thanks fellow FTers!
Jul 24, 2014, 1:30 am
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,941
Hi All,
I have an upcoming trip with a route that looks like this: HKG-AUH-IAD-ZZZ. I have a stopover/layover in IAD for about 23 hours (essentially an overnight).
Can I ask EY agents in HKG to check my bags ONLY to IAD? I would, of course, re-check my luggage with the appropriate carrier for my final segment the following day. Also does pre-clearance matter with how this issue will be handled?
With security the way it is, I can't imagine that IAD would hold my luggage for 23 hours...
Thanks fellow FTers!
I have an upcoming trip with a route that looks like this: HKG-AUH-IAD-ZZZ. I have a stopover/layover in IAD for about 23 hours (essentially an overnight).
Can I ask EY agents in HKG to check my bags ONLY to IAD? I would, of course, re-check my luggage with the appropriate carrier for my final segment the following day. Also does pre-clearance matter with how this issue will be handled?
With security the way it is, I can't imagine that IAD would hold my luggage for 23 hours...
Thanks fellow FTers!
With most other airlines, you would need to manually carry your luggage through immigration anyways and then re-check it by throwing it on a belt (or in your case just hold on to it).
But with EY I think they have a full pre-clearance into the U.S. in Abu Dhabi so that you should arrive at the domestic wing of IAD airport (?), and luggage might actually be checked all the way through to your final destination. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has done it what the drill is.
Jul 24, 2014, 5:18 am
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Answer is yes.
With most other airlines, you would need to manually carry your luggage through immigration anyways and then re-check it by throwing it on a belt (or in your case just hold on to it).
But with EY I think they have a full pre-clearance into the U.S. in Abu Dhabi so that you should arrive at the domestic wing of IAD airport (?), and luggage might actually be checked all the way through to your final destination. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has done it what the drill is.
With most other airlines, you would need to manually carry your luggage through immigration anyways and then re-check it by throwing it on a belt (or in your case just hold on to it).
But with EY I think they have a full pre-clearance into the U.S. in Abu Dhabi so that you should arrive at the domestic wing of IAD airport (?), and luggage might actually be checked all the way through to your final destination. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has done it what the drill is.
Anyone else have any experience with this issue? Thanks!