Checking Bags on BA - Separate Award Tickets and...
May 20, 2018, 11:03 am
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Checking Bags on BA - Separate Award Tickets and...
Flying IAD-LHR-ZRH-LHR on an award ticket. First/Business.
On the sector ZRH-LHR connecting to LHR-SEZ on a separate award ticket. LHR-SEZ is in First.
Will BA check our bags from ZRH to the LHR-SEZ sector? One person on award and another on revenue for ZRH-LHR.
Thank you.
On the sector ZRH-LHR connecting to LHR-SEZ on a separate award ticket. LHR-SEZ is in First.
Will BA check our bags from ZRH to the LHR-SEZ sector? One person on award and another on revenue for ZRH-LHR.
Thank you.
May 20, 2018, 11:05 am
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May 20, 2018, 11:17 am
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I had the same situation (connecting in Heathrow on 2 separate award tickets) in February and tried making the point to the agent that the cost would have been identical had they been in a single PNR. No dice, the answer was that under no circumstances will they check luggage through on separate record locators (I believe you can have separate tickets under a single record locator and that would work but if already ticketed that doesn't help you).
May 21, 2018, 7:43 am
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So long as your inbound flight is not substantially delayed, and you don't get seriously delayed at immigration. I believe that the T5 bag drop deadline remains 45 minutes, although the check-in deadline is now 60 minutes. And it'll be worth sketching a plan B in your mind, just in case.
May 21, 2018, 7:47 am
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Immigration should not be a big issue since I can use ePassport gate or fast track. I will just send my wife to the CCR and deal with the bags. Since there is only a flight twice a week to the Seychelles... Plan B will not be very attractive.
Oct 13, 2018, 8:58 pm
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Update. Upon check-in at Zurich they checked our bags through to the Seychelles without batting an eye.