Originally Posted by
flatlander
I expect you're aware that getting BA to through check onto the IB/Vueling flight on a separate ticket is very unlikely. So you will have to get your bags and recheck. I don't think you will be able to get anyone to reclaim and transfer your bags for you at CPH.
(as far as I know) There is no other bag collection point other than the baggage reclaim on the arrivals route, and from there you go through the customs exit and emerge landside in the arrivals area.
So since you will not (I am confident) have any through checking, I suggest you get your bags at the baggage claim, leave them at the
CPH left luggage lockers and go into Copenhagen on the train or the metro, find something to eat, then return in time to check into Vueling.
Addendum: There is a cafe with hot and cold drinks, pastries, smørrebrød and so on at the Terminal 2 side of the checkin area. With the time you will likely have available, personally I would still go into the centre. If you are so delayed on arriving that you run out of time to go into the centre of town, then you will be close to the Vueling checkin opening time and you can go airside again and eat there.
I wouldn't even dream that BA would interline the bags. They just don't care to do that. It seems like little effort to stick on a label but the current BA program seems aimed at eliminating such courtesies.
I don't think that a 12:50 arrival and a 14:55 check-in opening allows time to travel into town for lunch. Even if I left the bag drop until cut-off time (I think 16:45) it would be too close for comfort. Perhaps Fields would be an option. Also, I need time at Kastrup to shop for life essentials (like smoked eel and æggesild); so need some time in Departures. As it seems we must exit the secure area, I like your suggestion of the left luggage lockers. That makes the Hilton a reasonable lunch possibility. Thanks very much.