20h+ layover in Tokyo enroute from TPE-BOS - need to pick up bags in Japan?
#1
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20h+ layover in Tokyo enroute from TPE-BOS - need to pick up bags in Japan?
Hi All,
First time flying JAL. Appreciate the help!
I'm looking at flights from TPE-BOS and vice versa routed through Tokyo (some arriving HND and leaving NRT, others NRT and NRT) which have an overnight 20+ hour layover.
Questions:
1) Can they check the bags straight from TPE to BOS without needing me to pick them up in Japan? Does the answer to this question differ depending on whether both flights are at Narita versus TPE-HND and then NRT-BOS?
2) If I want to pick up bags, is this a possibility?
3) Some of the TPE-HND flights are codeshared with China Airlines. Even though I'm probably not going to pick these given their poor safety record, if I do, can they transfer the bags from HND to NRT automatically or do I need to pick them up?
Thanks!
First time flying JAL. Appreciate the help!
I'm looking at flights from TPE-BOS and vice versa routed through Tokyo (some arriving HND and leaving NRT, others NRT and NRT) which have an overnight 20+ hour layover.
Questions:
1) Can they check the bags straight from TPE to BOS without needing me to pick them up in Japan? Does the answer to this question differ depending on whether both flights are at Narita versus TPE-HND and then NRT-BOS?
2) If I want to pick up bags, is this a possibility?
3) Some of the TPE-HND flights are codeshared with China Airlines. Even though I'm probably not going to pick these given their poor safety record, if I do, can they transfer the bags from HND to NRT automatically or do I need to pick them up?
Thanks!
#2
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Hi All,
First time flying JAL. Appreciate the help!
I'm looking at flights from TPE-BOS and vice versa routed through Tokyo (some arriving HND and leaving NRT, others NRT and NRT) which have an overnight 20+ hour layover.
Questions:
1) Can they check the bags straight from TPE to BOS without needing me to pick them up in Japan? Does the answer to this question differ depending on whether both flights are at Narita versus TPE-HND and then NRT-BOS?
2) If I want to pick up bags, is this a possibility?
3) Some of the TPE-HND flights are codeshared with China Airlines. Even though I'm probably not going to pick these given their poor safety record, if I do, can they transfer the bags from HND to NRT automatically or do I need to pick them up?
Thanks!
First time flying JAL. Appreciate the help!
I'm looking at flights from TPE-BOS and vice versa routed through Tokyo (some arriving HND and leaving NRT, others NRT and NRT) which have an overnight 20+ hour layover.
Questions:
1) Can they check the bags straight from TPE to BOS without needing me to pick them up in Japan? Does the answer to this question differ depending on whether both flights are at Narita versus TPE-HND and then NRT-BOS?
2) If I want to pick up bags, is this a possibility?
3) Some of the TPE-HND flights are codeshared with China Airlines. Even though I'm probably not going to pick these given their poor safety record, if I do, can they transfer the bags from HND to NRT automatically or do I need to pick them up?
Thanks!
But if you have an overnight connection at NRT, it is possible to just check it through. They will ask if you want to check them through at check-in. If they don't, you can try to request for that.
#3
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Lausanne
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Sure, but you have to specify which bag(s) to be picked up at NRT and make sure you arrive at the airport with enough time the next day to re-check them again prior to the flight.
Note that once you pick up your bags (at either NRT or HND), you may only recheck them at NRT on the day of your BOS departure and not the day of your arrival from your TPE flight.