Originally Posted by
beofotch
My wife prefers for us to carry-on as much as possible to avoid the chance a bag is lost to start the trip. Because BRU - MAN is on a Dash-8 prop, I doubt they will allow our hand luggage. Because of this, we will have to check it before check-in closes. With immigration, shower, terminal transfer, and check-in, we might be cutting it close for a 2 hour connection. If we check the bag first, than we can be done with it, and then head to the raddison, and last to the gate.
Hand luggage allowance is explained
here and the last drop-off time for checked luggage is 40 minutes.
You will be cutting it close if you go to T3 to chek-in your bag firsst, return to T2 to go to the Radisson for a shower and to return to T3 for your flight as it will probably take up 30 mintes of your connecting time. I have no personal experience but going from T2 to T3 airside might actually take longer than clearing passport control and walking there yourself. Also if you manage an airside transfer you will end up in the departure area of T3 from which there is no obvious way to go through passport control and go landside again. It should be possible but you may have to negotiate your way out. I don't think there is a bag drop counter in the departure area so you won't gain anything by staying airside.