Originally Posted by
oliver2002
The transfer desk will issue you the boarding passes for the onward flight or print you a new one on their card stock. If the ticket is interlined, they usually make note of your baggage details in their system to make sure it gets loaded on the connecting flight. The transfer desk is not supposed to locate luggage that was not checked to the final destination. Also note that Delta will not let you board a flight to India if you don't have valid travel documents (like a visa) for entry into India. That you have an onward connection on a separate ticket will not impress the DL agent whose computer will say 'no'.
Thanks for the info. My case is arriving MCT-DEL on Jet Airways and departing DEL-HEL on Finnair 3.5 hours later. We will not be checking any bags. Will we have any problems with this? I've read various cases where people in the same type of situation did not need a visa or transit visa, but I guess it all depends upon the airline on the first leg, which is Jet Airways in our case. We will eventually go to India later in the year, so my main question is if we should apply for a multiple entry visa (1 American and 1 Brazilian) with our first stay being only 3.5 hours? This means that our flight itinerary sent to the Indian Visa Website will be 2 flights 3.5 hours apart. It would look strange. Or do we put our faith in Jet Airways Staff at the Muscat Airport that printed onward tickets from Delhi is good enough to board the flight to DEL?
Our trip plans for India changed, but we decided to keep the MCT-DEL flight, as it was simple to change the dates without change fees on our Finnair flight.