Originally Posted by
AyeCaramba
I have an XXX-LAX-LHR-AMS return from an ex-EU ticket starting in AMS - will the AA check in desk at XXX want to tag my bag all the way to AMS or can I request them to only tag to LHR?
Given there is only a 90 minute turnaround between my arrival at LHR and the flight to AMS (which I don't want to take) there's a high % chance of me actually missing this flight anyway (as the LAX - LHR is often late) but if my bag is tagged to AMS what will happen at LHR if I miss the connection?
Depends where XXX is. Some outstations have clearly adopted an end to end approach to this, and won't budge unless there is an overnight stop off in the middle. Other agents will just do as you wish. There is very little logic in the baggage system so it's about human procedures here, which is to through check to the end. So in essence you may get you want, or you may not. So either go hand luggage only, or accept a bit of kerfuffle getting your bag back in LHR, which may take an hour or so. Just report to the baggage desk in Arrivals. If you don't fly to AMS, nor will your bags. You make that even less likely if you do not check in for AMS and in particular if you don't pass into Flight Connections at LHR T5.