Originally Posted by
cnicklo
..... The problem is actually for our flights back to the U.S. We'll be flying Portugal to Madrid and then Madrid back to the U.S and have two hours in between flights. We at least won't have to clear customs on arrival to Madrid if the gate agent in Portugal won't check the bag through. We'll just go to bag check and then have to re-check in. .....
A big gamble on interlining bags on separate tickets, given other posts on FT. The cost of failure will be high.
Have you checked how much time you need to check-in/bag drop before for the USA flight? Some USA flights can have increased security checks.
Personally I would abandon the Portugal-MAD ticket and buy a new cash train/plane ticket to MAD, with any airline/train, that
allows much more time. Or an overnight. A no-show on the last segment of the MAD-Portugal-MAD ticket will not matter. Cost of a new ticket will be small compared to a walk up fare MAD-USA
Big guess of route
Great Circle Mapper
Connections through Madrid Airport
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