Originally Posted by
VSLover
hello FT'ers:
i bought my cousin a graduation gift that includes club world DEN-LHR-ATH (club europe i know).
so my question is this: when she checks in at DEN, will her bags be checked thru to ATH or just to LHR?
mind you she arrives LHR at 1200 or 1300 the next day...and leaves for ATH the FOLLOWING day.
she has never transited LHR and i am trying to write her detailed advice but clearly the baggage retrieval is part of that--if relevant.
thank you!
PS: if the bags cannot be checked thru, what is the max allowable layover where your bags would be checked thru?
Given a LHR layover greater than 12 hours with the layover at LHR being an overnight at LHR, the likelihood of having to claim the bags at LHR is substantial. If with 24+ hours at LHR, the need to recover bags at LHR jumps way higher.
It all comes down to whether or not the bag tags print out in DEN with ATH on it or not. If ATH shows up on the bag and claim tags, then I would skip trying to claim the bag at LHR as the bag handlers ordinarily would not send it to the (post-passport control) arrivals baggage claim area at LHR -- they would route it airside to ATH.