Originally Posted by
avm2806
So - quick question for anyone who has done this thus far... I am flying through BOM on the same ticket arriving from DXB at 2320 on 9W and connecting to CX 01:30. Will have baggage, but as its the same ticket 9W has assured me they can tag through for interline with CX as they do have a baggage agreement. Does anyone have experience doing an INTL-INTL connection at BOM - especially with 2 different airlines? Any idea how this would work? how much time required? what do I do if 9W can not give me a boarding pass for my onward flight? how does the TR desk at BOM owkr?
Please help with inputs / advise - thanks
9W cannot / will not issue a CX boarding pass, even if both are on the same ticket.
Once you arrive in BOM on 9W, you need to locate a 9W ground staff (?) and ask him/her to escort you to the transit area; you will be expected to wait at this purgatory for an indeterminate length of time until a CX agent comes to collect your passport and eventually deliver your boarding pass.
Going by your posted location, I presume you are an Indian citizen? If so, it may be less painful to simply have your bags checked through from DXB to HKG (or BKK), then clear immigration normally as if BOM were your final destination and then go up to the departure level and check in with CX at their counter. Downside is that you will have to clear immigration twice unnecessarily, but the process may well be quicker and you will not have to surrender your passport to an unknown person.