Thanks for the advices. Yes ideally I would love to travel HBO and am fully aware of the shortcomings and risks associated to traveling on 2 separate tickets with checked in luggage, but unfortunately the liquid restriction alone already makes HBO an impossible thing in this case. I guess if I see my incoming flight being delayed from the start, I’ll just have to get my guide driving me to TNG airport to send my luggage via mail..

of course, all these problems would be solved if only IB would interline my luggage to QR, but I’m not sure if slipping a few $$ at the check in agent would Accomplish that