lynnn

I am flying to Doha on Qatar (economy) and land at 23:20. My next flight is on BA at 8:30. I have separate tickets so they will not check my bags all the way through to London/JFK. I believe i have to go through immigration, get my bags, and then customs. Where is the BA check in desk to recheck my luggage? Do I have to go through security again and have to get a transit visa?

Firipu

QR will now interline baggage on separate tickets (but not the other way around as far as I know). Friend of mine just did AKL-DOH-ARN with QR connecting to ARN-LHR with BA on separate tickets and he was able to check his bag all the way to LHR

He's about to land now, so we'll see if he gets his bag soon!

KARFA

You will be checking in with QR and it is they who decide whether to check your bags through on a separate ticket I understood QR would check your bag through on to BA. I don't know if they hold them overnight at DOH though.

https://www.ausbt.com.au/qatar-airwa...-baggage-rules

http://www.qatarairways.com/us/en/on...s-service.page

rossmacd

They definitely do, provided it is checked through of course.

mikeyfly

KARFA is this week your debut on QR ?

Globaliser

It might be a good time to mention this piece of advice, which is not sufficiently widely known: If you do have your bags through-tagged like this across two separate tickets, you should make sure that when you get to the transfer point the second airline sees your bag tags and takes down the bag tag numbers. Otherwise, there is a real risk that although the first airline will deliver the bags to the second airline at the transfer point, the second airline will not load the bags because they haven't yet been linked to a particular passenger who is recorded as having boarded the aircraft.

As an example: What are essentials and can we even claim anything?

lynnn

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Thank you, I had noted that on their website, but I have been told by 2 different Qatar agents that when I check in at Zanzibar I will NOT be able to check my bags onto the British Air flight. I will ask and hope they do, but if not does anyone know where I would go at 1 AM to check my bags? Do I need a transit visa?

KARFA

Well remembered. It’s tomorrow. Due to the AMS-DOH flights changes I am now on LHR-DOH tomorrow at 1600. First time on any of the ME3.

KARFA

Thanks ^

msm2000uk

I'm looking forward to your comments.

M

mikeyfly

Ooooh cracking result

Q-Suites ?

I'm still an ME3 virgin too

KARFA

Yes q suites to DOH (unless there is a late change). A350 for both flights back from Japan. Should certainly be interesting to try QR. Also very much looking forward to visiting Japan again.

rossmacd

Fantastic, I've yet to try Q-Suites, but I am very familiar with the current (brilliant) QR J product.

I am unlikely to take a Q-Suites route until it gets rolled out to something like the ZRH or AMS routes.

Sparth3103

I wouldn't trust the crooks that work in Zanzibar or mainland Tanzania. Every time I've been through there on Qatar Airways, they make up some random reason to charge me an on the spot fee at the checkin desk (usually some made up tax charge which they'll try and prove using a fake letter from their transportation authority). Last time I asked the flight attendent about this and they checked with other passengers and it turned out only the foreigners were targeted. I complained to qatar and they refunded the fake charge but it's still annoying when the agent has your passport and refuses to give it back unless you pay them this made up fee.
So qatar airways to allow through checkin but I wouldn't bother in Zanzibar because you'll probably find they'll try and freece you for extra cash being the crooks they are.

jamesreid978

For a point of reference, I have flown qatar from Dubai (when they still did that) in Y connected onto BA in F in DOH on seperate tickets and the checkin staff had no problems interlining the baggage for me through to another connecting flight in LHR. The qatar staff are friendly and accommodating and in my experience, you will have no problem doing this