Hello.

As part of a RTW ticket, my wife and I will be flying into Bogota on Avianca from Madrid arriving 04:50am. I plan to purchase a separate Bogota to Rio de Janeiro ticket departing 07:20am. This makes for a 2:20 international-international connection.

I would like to ask if Avianca agents in Madrid will check our bags through to Rio de Janiero even though they are separate tickets, since both will be Avianca operated flights.

Should they check the bags though, we should not need to pass through immigration in Bogota since we are not entering Colombia, right?

Any real world experience would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.