Transit visa?
Jan 3, 2019, 3:34 pm
#1
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Transit visa?
My daughter is currently at Heathrow, about to embark upon her honeymoon ( or so she thought) and heartbroken.
she and her husband are travelling BA First to Mumbai and then have a two hour window to travel on to Columbo with SriLankan .
The travel agent led them to believe that they would have an internal transfer, not need to reclaim bags, or clear immigration, therefore no transit visa was necessary.
Despite it being widely publicised that BA and StiLankan have a Interline Agreement meaning no such clearance is necessary, BA groundstaff are having none of it, and saying they cannot fly.
BA groundstaff have not always been correct in the past, in my experience.
can anyone please advise?
Many thanks
Deb
she and her husband are travelling BA First to Mumbai and then have a two hour window to travel on to Columbo with SriLankan .
The travel agent led them to believe that they would have an internal transfer, not need to reclaim bags, or clear immigration, therefore no transit visa was necessary.
Despite it being widely publicised that BA and StiLankan have a Interline Agreement meaning no such clearance is necessary, BA groundstaff are having none of it, and saying they cannot fly.
BA groundstaff have not always been correct in the past, in my experience.
can anyone please advise?
Many thanks
Deb
Jan 3, 2019, 3:57 pm
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Oh. You might need a transit Visa if they cannot check stuff through. India can be tricky for this stuff. I think the guys at BA may be right. https://www.indiaodysseytours.com/knows/india-transit-visa.html
The third condition seems be the issue here.
Sorry to hear about this. Good luck
Edit, appears Sri Lankan has no interline agreement with BA.
https://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/coporate/faq-details?type=11
The third condition seems be the issue here.
Sorry to hear about this. Good luck
Edit, appears Sri Lankan has no interline agreement with BA.
https://www.srilankan.com/en_uk/coporate/faq-details?type=11
Jan 3, 2019, 4:04 pm
#6
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The issue may be that they are on two separate tickets and so BA cannot check the bags to the final destination on the second ticket. The link up thread states that a transit visa is needed if bags need to be rechecked. Is the checked luggage the only issue preventing them from boarding per BA? If so can they go HBO? I would also suggest getting in touch with the TA.
Jan 3, 2019, 4:08 pm
#9
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If they travel Hand Baggage Only (quite a lot in the BA F cabin!) would that work? They could stay airside for their connecting flight to Sri Lanka.You would have to check how much baggage would be allowed in the cabin on UL.
Jan 3, 2019, 4:09 pm
#12
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BA no longer check through luggage on different tickets/PNRs. You can’t even check luggage through on separate BA ticketed and operated flights. I think the TA has given your daughter duff information. 
Jan 3, 2019, 4:17 pm
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Jan 3, 2019, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by BA
oneWorld guidelines for separate tickets
- Only customers with separate tickets issued in the same PNR will be accepted for through check-in
- Customers must be transferring to/from a oneWorld partner
- Customers holding separate tickets are only eligible for disruption assistance after they have been accepted for through check-in.
