But, you do not have a connection as you are traveling on separate tickets. In any event, VY & AF do not have either interline ticketing or baggage agreements. Thus, a VY agent could not check through to AF if she wanted to do so. As noted, separate tickets is a problem during the pandemic because schedule changes and cancellations are routine. Allowing a day at your transfer point is a particularly good idea.

Here is the list of carriers with which VY interlines baggage.MAY CHECK BAGGAGE TO
AV BA GP HR HU IB LA OZ QR SS