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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 12:40 am
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Originally Posted by Wong Jnr
I'm looking at a LHR-JFK flight in business and was thinking of an ex-EU fare then I stumbled upon flying via MAD (AA or IB) without needing a positioning flight to come back to LHR.
I would have to buy the LHR-MAD separately to the MAD-JFK sectors as its much cheaper that way.
Now once booked would I be able to link the bookings and then check the baggage all the way through...
...or would I need to collect my baggage in MAD and check in again?
Should not be a problem at all. Recently did that on a flight to LOS. You just need to make the request while checking in. You may be asked to provide the booking reference for the onward journey.

I had NO problem at LHR outgoing but had to repeat the booking reference at LOS many times before it could be sorted out. That was an agent-specific problem.

No need to link the bookings prior to travel.
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