Originally Posted by
FEasy
Sorry for bumping this thread, but I was searching for Garuda and interlining practices. When making the same flight as OP to Brussels (GA on CGK-AMS and KL on AMS-BRU, on a single ticket in C), my luggage was not forwarded despite a 5h layover. I took the train instead.
Instead - meaning you were originally supposed to fly?
I don't fully understand what happened here. You say that, in the lounge, they took your boarding pass
and luggage receipt. That means your bag was already tagged (it appears, to your final destination BRU) and merely taking away your luggage receipt doesn't change that. Retrieving the checked baggage item that was already into the system, and re-tagging it, would be necessary if they discovered that they had (somehow) tagged it incorrectly.
Just for the avoidance of all doubt, if your travel includes train (or bus) sectors onwards from AMS, then you must always collect your luggage at AMS; intermodal journeys require the passenger to retrieve luggage before changing to the new mode of transport.
If you were actually supposed to fly, I'd love to know why you instead took the train! (Skipping a flight sector would have led to the cancellation of any further sectors, if there were any!)