Originally Posted by
superspudbucket
It is a AA OW award (although I'm not sure why it would make a difference).
My thought is when does a connection turn into a stopover. For example if I was flying immediately onto LIS from MAD my luggage would be checked all the way through. Works for a 3 hour connection, a 6 hour connection....until how many hours.
Again, I'm more than likely to just check my big bag at the airport, I was just curious if anyone managed to convince a airline that a 72 hour period was really a "just a connection". Seems unlikely, then again so do lots of things involving travel.
Thanks
A connection is less than 24 hours, more than that is a stopover. There is no room for negotiation, this is a very standard rule which is enforced by all airline. It not only has implications for baggage, but also for taxes, fees and other things. However, some airports don't allow baggage through check for overnight connections so even if it only is an 8 hour connection through checking might not be possible. Most airports however allow this.