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Sep 3, 2018 | 1:33 pm

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PiperAtGatesofDawn

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Originally Posted by sm123

Hi, I have a flight from EWR to BOM, reaching at 8:50 pm and then connecting to an Air India flight 8+ hours later to BLR. Since I have to collect the luggage and clear custom and then recheckin the luggage with AI, can I just dump the AI flight and take my luggage and catch a connecting flight earlier?

If I can do the above, what is the earliest flight I can book? 22:40 or 00:10? Please advise. Thanks.

I would do the 00:10 just to be on the safe side. 2 hours on separate tickets is not enough time to connect at BOM. And I would do it IFF I don’t have any subsequent legs on the PNR after the BOM-BLR leg because they will all be automatically cancelled if you’re a no-show on the BOM-BLR leg on AI.

Also keep in mind that you would have additional luggage fees on the LCCs. It would be better to prepay it under the international travel scheme that Indigo has.

Last edited by PiperAtGatesofDawn; Sep 3, 2018 at 1:39 pm

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