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Jul 2, 2019 | 7:04 pm

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Originally Posted by JDiver

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There’s no way AA will through-check your baggage on separate ticketing like that. You will have to complete Schengen arrival immigration in T-4S, retrieve your baggage, walk through customs, check your baggage in and process security to enter T-4 to depart. This is not a likely successful scenario at all; I’d give myself no less than three hours, and probably more given the current terrible AA operational reliability.

Been there, done that. AA, IB or both refused to check in the bags across separately ticketed itineraries even when the same airline had issued both ticketed PNRs. I padded in four hours for the connection due to checked luggage and that was just about 2 hours too much. But I would suggest 3-5 hours to play it safe, and budget in for problems such as buying a new ticket and/or paying change fees.

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