[Consolidated] Checked baggage with long layovers
Feb 22, 2023, 3:09 pm
#106
Join Date: Nov 2021
Posts: 126
Is this why my baggage didn't arrive after flying Moncton to Edmonton, via YYZ, with a 6 hour layover? Is this a Pearson thing or do all Canadian airports do this? Because ...! What do they expect me to do with a 50lbs suitcase for an afternoon? I'm almost more annoyed that if true my suitcase would just be out in a public area, probably for much longer than just 6 hours, and could have easily been stolen.
Feb 28, 2023, 10:58 am
#107
Join Date: May 2006
Programs: AC 75K
Posts: 259
Checked Baggage and Long Stopover at YYZ?
Hi Everyone
Greetings from YXE, a place pretty much abandoned by AC. I am travelling to YQB in a few weeks. AC cannot get me there in one day and have an 18hr stopover in YYZ!!! If a check a bag in YXE, can I just leave it and pick it up in YQB the next day or do I have to collect it in YYZ.? Given it is the first few days of March Break and the GTAA is talking about limiting flight numbers I am unlikely to check a bag, but it is a week long business trip and my small carry on may not cut it.
So, in short, what happens to checked bags when there is a really long gap between flights
Thanks
YXEG
Greetings from YXE, a place pretty much abandoned by AC. I am travelling to YQB in a few weeks. AC cannot get me there in one day and have an 18hr stopover in YYZ!!! If a check a bag in YXE, can I just leave it and pick it up in YQB the next day or do I have to collect it in YYZ.? Given it is the first few days of March Break and the GTAA is talking about limiting flight numbers I am unlikely to check a bag, but it is a week long business trip and my small carry on may not cut it.
So, in short, what happens to checked bags when there is a really long gap between flights
Thanks
YXEG
Feb 28, 2023, 11:44 am
#108
Moderator, Air Canada; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
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Feb 28, 2023, 12:45 pm
#109
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: YYT
Programs: Altitude SEMM
Posts: 412
Returned from, UVF to YYT via YYZ on the weekend, with an 11 hour overnight in YYZ. Bags were checked through and we did not have to pick them up at Pearson. Is returning to Canada different from departing Canada or overnight domestic connections?
Last edited by Livyer; Feb 28, 2023 at 12:45 pm Reason: Typo
Mar 1, 2023, 5:50 pm
#110
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: YHZ
Programs: AC 75K
Posts: 50
YHZ to PLS with an overnight at YYZ last week. Bag was checked through to PLS and we did not have to pick it up and re-check it the next morning. The agent at YHZ said it’s a relatively recent change for international destinations.
This was the first I’d heard of this policy so for peace of mind we checked the carousel at YYZ anyway, but the bag didn’t come off, and the AirTag showed that it moved from the D to the E gates overnight in time for the flight. Sure made for an easier overnight stay without that checked bag to deal with.
This was the first I’d heard of this policy so for peace of mind we checked the carousel at YYZ anyway, but the bag didn’t come off, and the AirTag showed that it moved from the D to the E gates overnight in time for the flight. Sure made for an easier overnight stay without that checked bag to deal with.
Mar 1, 2023, 9:02 pm
#111
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: YSJ
Programs: AC SE(w/*); NEXUS
Posts: 139
YHZ to PLS with an overnight at YYZ last week. Bag was checked through to PLS and we did not have to pick it up and re-check it the next morning. The agent at YHZ said it’s a relatively recent change for international destinations.
This was the first I’d heard of this policy so for peace of mind we checked the carousel at YYZ anyway, but the bag didn’t come off, and the AirTag showed that it moved from the D to the E gates overnight in time for the flight. Sure made for an easier overnight stay without that checked bag to deal with.
This was the first I’d heard of this policy so for peace of mind we checked the carousel at YYZ anyway, but the bag didn’t come off, and the AirTag showed that it moved from the D to the E gates overnight in time for the flight. Sure made for an easier overnight stay without that checked bag to deal with.
Of course, if we're delayed by any amount (rare, I know) and it won't be tagged through, we can probably just head right upstairs to re-check and continue on our way. May not even have a long wait until the Cafe opens.
Mar 22, 2023, 4:24 pm
#112
Join Date: Mar 2023
Posts: 1
AC arrival - LHR night layover - SAS flight - checked bags (skis) question
Hello - I used to be a poster here but life changed and I haven't had status in 9 years - it's been so long that I no longer have access to the email I used for my original account
I always found the collective wisdom here helpful
My best friend and I are going skiing in Norway - we fly AC to Heathrow - land in the evening - leave the next morning on a SAS flight on the same itin/ticket
Just wondering if our skis will stay in checked baggage and fly onwards the next day - or will we have to retrieve them and check them in again the next morning - this might influence our plans including what hotel we stay in
Thanks for any help with this!
I always found the collective wisdom here helpful
My best friend and I are going skiing in Norway - we fly AC to Heathrow - land in the evening - leave the next morning on a SAS flight on the same itin/ticket
Just wondering if our skis will stay in checked baggage and fly onwards the next day - or will we have to retrieve them and check them in again the next morning - this might influence our plans including what hotel we stay in
Thanks for any help with this!
Mar 31, 2023, 8:26 am
#113
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Reno NV/San Francisco, CA, USA
Posts: 1,168
EVA Air checked our bags through to SFO with a 24 hour layover in YVR AC to SFO
Hello everyone,
We're flying from Cebu to San Francisco with a 24 hour layover in YVR.
Upon check in, they checked our bags all through to San Francisco.
Will Air Canada hold our bags for 24 hours? What about customs clearance? I'm so confused. We're in TPE now at the Infinity lounge and I'm wondering if we should look for our bags in YVR or not worry about it till SFO?
Thanks,
M.
We're flying from Cebu to San Francisco with a 24 hour layover in YVR.
Upon check in, they checked our bags all through to San Francisco.
Will Air Canada hold our bags for 24 hours? What about customs clearance? I'm so confused. We're in TPE now at the Infinity lounge and I'm wondering if we should look for our bags in YVR or not worry about it till SFO?
Thanks,
M.
Apr 1, 2023, 4:15 pm
#114
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,607
They will not normally hold your bag overnight. You should look for your bags in YVR. If you're uncertain you can go to the service desk in the luggage pickup area and ask them to look up the location of your bags from the bag tags. Hopefully they'll tell you it's in YVR about to come out on a carousel.
Apr 2, 2023, 1:26 pm
#116
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YVR, KUL
Programs: AC, MH, BA, AF-KL
Posts: 2,904
Canadian airports generally aren't equipped to store bags on lengthy/overnight connections. As for AUH, well, you're probably better off asking in the EY/AUH forums. But I suspect the answer is yes, given its round-the-clock hub status.
Last edited by Adam Smith; Apr 27, 2023 at 6:28 pm Reason: Remove response to deleted post
Apr 27, 2023, 6:29 pm
#117
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: YYC
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My parents are flying PMI-FRA-YYZ (overnight)-YYC. LH tagged the bags through to YYC, and the baggage desk at YYZ told them the bags would be held overnight - no need to pick them up until YYC tomorrow. We'll see what happens.
May 22, 2023, 12:52 pm
#118
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 103
I have a trans-border to international connection at YYZ, the arrival is around 9PM and departure at 1AM, is the baggage checked-through or I have to claim and re-check due to overnight??
it is on the same ticket.
side question, if i have to claim and re-check, is 3.5 hours connection time enough as of J ticket both??
Thanks
it is on the same ticket.
side question, if i have to claim and re-check, is 3.5 hours connection time enough as of J ticket both??
Thanks
May 23, 2023, 5:19 am
#119
Join Date: Oct 2022
Programs: Aeroplan SE; Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador
Posts: 1,553
I have a trans-border to international connection at YYZ, the arrival is around 9PM and departure at 1AM, is the baggage checked-through or I have to claim and re-check due to overnight??
it is on the same ticket.
side question, if i have to claim and re-check, is 3.5 hours connection time enough as of J ticket both??
Thanks
it is on the same ticket.
side question, if i have to claim and re-check, is 3.5 hours connection time enough as of J ticket both??
Thanks
I have successfully through checked from transborder to international and vice versa a few times WITH overnight layover last year. Unless AC changed its policy recently, I would say you are fine?
Jun 14, 2023, 11:16 am
#120
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: YUL
Programs: AP 50k
Posts: 83
Able to short check luggage on overnight at YVR to US destination
Flying YUL-YVR-KOA in December with an overnight in Vancouver and then continuing the following morning to Kona. Knowing we will clear US customs in Vancouver, we will be exiting the secure area of the airport upon landing and spending the night at the Fairmont. Do we know if Air Canada allows a short check to collect the bags in YVR, or will US customs require the bags go directly to them and stay in holding overnight?