Originally Posted by
Lefly
Another question about the OTP-PHX run.
I remember having read a checked bag can't transit two times at the same airport. But how it's managed in cases like the OTP run, when you can have LHR-XXX-LHR-YYY-PHX (or the other way around) on single ticket?
Has the bag to be claimed anyway at XXX and rechecked, no matter if it's an overnight or a day time layover? Or the bag is tagged to go directly to destination, regardless its owner routing?
And since we're talking about checked luggage... (yes, blasphemy, I know
) ...If you check a carry-on, can you pick it up at the first US point of entry e do not recheck it, bringing it on board all the subsequent flights?
1. Yes, if luggage is checked like OTP-LHR-HEL bag(s) must be claimed and re-checked for subsequent flight/s HEL-LHR and eventually further. If, doing a B2B at HEL, it's more convenient to store the bag at Left Luggage, arrivals level T5.
2. Yes, having checked in a bag for the TATL flight, you'll be fine to take it along for further flights as a carry-on after passing immigration/customs. Provided bag fits carry-on limitations , of course
