baggage question
Feb 23, 2017, 3:17 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 355
baggage question
i have two tickets where the first deliver me to madrid and the second i take a flight from madrid to yyc, as shown below:
ticket 1, day 1 (monday) LHR-MAD with iberia
ticket 2, day 2 (tuesday) MAD-LHR-YYC with british air
one ticket is with iberia, the other with ba.
the flights are about 24 hours apart and i plan to spend the day in madrid. i have searched about the bag drop in madrid and apparently you can drop bags off 24 hours in advance (although post is dated 2015).
so my two questions:
1) can i have my luggage checked through to yyc if tickets separate
2) if 1 is not possible, how early can i check bags in now? 24 hours?
thanks for your help. i am ba gold if this helps.
ticket 1, day 1 (monday) LHR-MAD with iberia
ticket 2, day 2 (tuesday) MAD-LHR-YYC with british air
one ticket is with iberia, the other with ba.
the flights are about 24 hours apart and i plan to spend the day in madrid. i have searched about the bag drop in madrid and apparently you can drop bags off 24 hours in advance (although post is dated 2015).
so my two questions:
1) can i have my luggage checked through to yyc if tickets separate
2) if 1 is not possible, how early can i check bags in now? 24 hours?
thanks for your help. i am ba gold if this helps.
Feb 23, 2017, 4:58 pm
#2
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,129
1) Not a chance - first of all, the your bag can't leave LHR only to return to LHR. Second issue, BA do not through-check on separate tickets anymore in any circumstance (unless they are both on the same PNR).
2) I have heard this too for IB, but never tried it. Not sure if you are on a BA or IB operated MAD-LHR flight, but this could affect it too.
2) I have heard this too for IB, but never tried it. Not sure if you are on a BA or IB operated MAD-LHR flight, but this could affect it too.