Originally Posted by
ChrisLi
I have a upcoming business trip that puts me in Moscow and I am taking a few days off after work finishes, going to LED for some sight seeing.
As business won't cover the personal part, I need to decide between buying LED - SVO ticket on my own versus going back to Moscow on train then going SVO
I read online and got mixed comment that
1. SU won't connect transiting bags, they don't care if you are elite or not, as long as it's not single ticket ? (will buying full flex Econ ticket on domestic leg helps?)
2. I have to exit security and enter security again when I transit in SVO?
3. How delay prone will be LED - SVO? My SVO - HKG flight won't fly until 7pm-ish so would I be safe to fly from LED around 2pm to build padding for delayed flight and baggage re-check?
Any other tips?
1. I've never tried to get SU to check bags through across multiple tickets, so I can't speak to that. I will say that I've regularly seen the same thing that you have seen written - that they won't do it.
2. As for the security situation, I'd take a look at this page on Aeroflot's website, which is actually pretty in-depth:
https://www.aeroflot.ru/us-en/inform...irport/transit Most LED-SVO flights arrive at Terminal D (based on today's schedule), with a few arriving at B instead. For all Domestic D arrivals and international departures from D, E or F, Aeroflot indicates you'll have to clear security again each time, regardless of whether or not you have to claim and recheck bags.
3. LED-SVO is a very heavy business route, and SU has a flight pretty much every hour during the day. They're going to get those planes out on time for the most part. I would say you're most certainly in the clear with a 5-hour layover, even on two separate tickets and needing to recheck bags along the way. I would do this without too much concern, and I really like to pad my connections to plan for contingencies.