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. SU doesn't interline. That's been covered here extensively. I hate them for it. THEY WON'T EVEN SAMELINE. If you booked on a SU-SU flight with separate tickets. However, if you booked a ticket all the way though to LED, on the same ticket number, this will be checked to LED, as LED is able to receive international baggage.
2. You'll need to do that anyway even if you checked the bags though. Actually if you are arriving in D this process is quite easy. Down the escalator, walk to the baggage recheck area, take the escalator back up.
3. LED-SVO is not delay prone. Even in bad weather .I'm surprised how well these run.