Originally Posted by
MichaelBaku
Do you need to tell them you're leaving the airport? What would they do if you thru checked your bags but had an overnight at an airport hotel (LHR is not open 24 hrs so you can't stay airside). Maybe this is a VS rule as I've overnighted before with BA and it wasn't a problem thru checking.
On a separate correspondence, VS told me that they do not check your bags to the final destination if it involves overnight layover in LHR (they will only check your bags to LHR

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The problem I am having is that they won't check to the final destination even when it doesn't involve overnight transfer.