Originally Posted by
NickB
Risky strategy as you have to do it on separate tickets (otherwise long-haul APD still due) and you therefore bear the risk of misconnects (and also have to plan on additional times to pick up luggage and reconnect, if they refuse to through-check luggage on separate tickets).
Moreover, as flights from hubs are usually more expensive, it remains to be seen whether you actually save that much, if at all, by doing that.
How would I know if my baggage can be checked through, supposing I fly BA to FRA to connect to LH? All I worry is that I am a visa national so would not be able to get out of immigration (to recheck my baggage, etc.) without Schengen visa. Isn't it that when you obtain the second BP at LH Frankfurt transfer desk before immigration then the baggage is all sorted for you?