INT. Leaving at layover
Nov 17, 2018, 11:57 am
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As it was pointed out, there are two ways to get luggage at cdg:
- flights departing from ORY (tln has some flights)
- TRain connection (reims for instance)
just change your reservation to be in one of those two situation.
then, you are free to go if it is the last segment of your ticket.
- flights departing from ORY (tln has some flights)
- TRain connection (reims for instance)
just change your reservation to be in one of those two situation.
then, you are free to go if it is the last segment of your ticket.
Last edited by canadavid; Nov 17, 2018 at 3:14 pm
Nov 17, 2018, 2:08 pm
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I would not be 100% sure of which European countries have a different system but I have a vague memory lurking at the back of my mind of either Sweden or Norway having a US-style system, where you need to collect your luggage on arrival in the country and re-check it for your domestic flight. For Paris, as others have mentioned, the solution consist in having an airport change between Roissy and Orly or a change from plane to train af CDG. It is possible to get combined AF/SNCF ticket to Toulon train station. You may want to check whether that would work for you.
Nov 17, 2018, 4:35 pm
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So I can get my bags and not have to take the next segment.
I'm not getting any itineraries for ORY and dl.com does not even recognize Reims. Are there any other railway destinations?
As it was pointed out, there are two ways to get luggage at cdg:
- flights departing from ORY (tln has some flights)
- TRain connection (reims for instance)
just change your reservation to be in one of those two situation.
then, you are free to go if it is the last segment of your ticket.
- flights departing from ORY (tln has some flights)
- TRain connection (reims for instance)
just change your reservation to be in one of those two situation.
then, you are free to go if it is the last segment of your ticket.
Nov 17, 2018, 7:12 pm
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Nov 18, 2018, 3:06 am
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Yes, you confirm what I thought. Your problem is not customs clearance but being able to retrieve your bags at CDG and end your trip there instead of taking the connecting flight because of the fare rules of the ticket you buy. AF doesn't care that you pass customs here or there but they of course have to comply with the laws.
The reco given to you by other posters is the good one : try to find a train connection and this will impose bag claiming in CDG because you have to go landside.
The reco given to you by other posters is the good one : try to find a train connection and this will impose bag claiming in CDG because you have to go landside.
Last edited by Goldorak; Nov 18, 2018 at 7:33 am
Nov 18, 2018, 4:39 am
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I believe that dl.com will not recognise train stations destinations nor offer CDG-ORY connections Any particular reason why you need to book via delta rather than on af.com?
Nov 18, 2018, 10:51 am
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Nov 18, 2018, 1:04 pm
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Delta codeshares with SNCF were finished over a decade ago. If this is a one-way with no checked bags, don't sweat it, you can just stop in CDG. Checked bags will not work. Round-trip will not work. You can always just fly to BRU and take the train out of pocket to Paris if you need checked bags. Plus LAX-BRU is only 37k miles in Y and 50k in W.
Nov 18, 2018, 3:08 pm
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Ah, that makes sense. In that case, if you are using DL miles, you cannot, AFAIK, use them for train segments on SNCF. You will therefore need to engineer a change of airports in Paris. There are some French destinations which are served from ORY but not from CDG (such as LDE, UIP, BES, CFE, etc...). I am not sure whether these are bookable on dl.com, though. It may well be that you need to phone DL to get an itinerary with a CDG-ORY connection in Paris, whether to one of these or to get an ORY flight for those airports which are served from both ORY and CDG. I suspect, though, that if the flight to CDG is not available as stand alone, they may not be available either with an onward segment from ORY but I suppose it is worth a try.
Nov 18, 2018, 4:17 pm
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Ah, that makes sense. In that case, if you are using DL miles, you cannot, AFAIK, use them for train segments on SNCF. You will therefore need to engineer a change of airports in Paris. There are some French destinations which are served from ORY but not from CDG (such as LDE, UIP, BES, CFE, etc...). I am not sure whether these are bookable on dl.com, though. It may well be that you need to phone DL to get an itinerary with a CDG-ORY connection in Paris, whether to one of these or to get an ORY flight for those airports which are served from both ORY and CDG. I suspect, though, that if the flight to CDG is not available as stand alone, they may not be available either with an onward segment from ORY but I suppose it is worth a try.
Nov 18, 2018, 7:15 pm
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Hand luggage only is the way to go. You will be checked-in for both legs at point of origin but you may discard the second flight boarding pass and exit the airport at CDG.
No worries about customs / immigration clearance either if you can show an itinerary out of France.
And I highly doubt that AF will, in some way, come after you for dumping the final leg of your ticket, especially on an award booking.
Although living in France, all my AF long haul business flights depart from other european airports for obvious cost reason and I always discard the last leg. I have never been penalized or encountered any problem with this method. It might be an urban myth that AF will go after oneself if one does not complete the booked itinerary in its entirety. And if this was even true, one can always argue that one had to
No worries about customs / immigration clearance either if you can show an itinerary out of France.
And I highly doubt that AF will, in some way, come after you for dumping the final leg of your ticket, especially on an award booking.
Although living in France, all my AF long haul business flights depart from other european airports for obvious cost reason and I always discard the last leg. I have never been penalized or encountered any problem with this method. It might be an urban myth that AF will go after oneself if one does not complete the booked itinerary in its entirety. And if this was even true, one can always argue that one had to