AA-BA luggage transfer at LHR
Apr 12, 2019, 1:58 am
#1
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AA-BA luggage transfer at LHR
It was a tossup whether to post this on the AA or BA forum.
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
Apr 12, 2019, 2:16 am
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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It was a tossup whether to post this on the AA or BA forum.
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
Apr 12, 2019, 4:35 am
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Had a 90 minute connection last week; shortened to 80 minutes due to late arrival. My luggage, priority tags, missed the connection and arrived 3 hours late (hourly flights to final destination), delivered by courier to my hotel about 6 hours late overall. My companion's luggage, no priority tags on the same flight/different PNR made the connection. So theoretically 2 hours should be enough, as long as your luggage doesn't end up in one of the last bins to be pulled.
Apr 12, 2019, 6:23 am
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Thanks for the responses. I have experience with missing baggage with BA both at AUH and DXB, so I know it’s not the end of the world if it misses the connection, but it’s nice to know that with an on-time arrival into LHR it’s likely to make it.
Apr 12, 2019, 10:24 am
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: LAX
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It was a tossup whether to post this on the AA or BA forum.
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
Of the dozens and dozens of times I've connected at LHR, I don't recall ever having transferred luggage from AA to BA. In a couple of weeks, I'm traveling JFK-AA-LHR-BA-AUH with a 2-hour layover at LHR. Based on people's experience, how likely is it that my checked luggage will follow me?
I wouldn't worry about it.
