Short checking baggage to LHR with onward flight +1 day
Jun 25, 2022, 5:04 pm
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Short checking baggage to LHR with onward flight +1 day
My Sfo to LHR flight lands at 1355 on Jul 6. I have an onward flight LHR to Madrid at 13.05 on July 7.
Will I be able to ask SFO checkin to short check my hold baggage to LHR so I can access it for my (just under 24hr) stopover in LHR?
Will I be able to ask SFO checkin to short check my hold baggage to LHR so I can access it for my (just under 24hr) stopover in LHR?
Jun 25, 2022, 5:25 pm
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If one meets the entry requirements for the UK (visa/nationality related ones, as there are no more COVID related entry requirements for the UK), then generally this shouldn’t be an issue. I know QR are quite hot on it but BA tend to take a more pragmatic approach. 
Jun 25, 2022, 11:52 pm
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Jun 26, 2022, 5:24 am
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Personally I'd be inclined to carry whatever I need for the overnight and check the hold baggage all the way if that's practical though. So far I've been ok recently, but I keep hearing tales of woe about waiting for bags at the moment.
Jun 26, 2022, 6:11 am
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The first is waiting awhile for your bag after Flight 1, but definitely having it in hand.
The second is blissfully exiting Flight 1 without waiting, but wondering whether your bag will make it to your next flight or has instead been dumped in some random pile of bags somewhere...
Jun 26, 2022, 8:16 am
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They offered to short check to LHR for me a few years ago on an overnight layover, so yes, you can short check with an overnight layover. I had two checked bags and the caveat was that either both bags had to be short checked or both bags had to be checked through, you cannot split one checked through and one short-checked which was what I wanted to do.
Jun 26, 2022, 12:37 pm
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Knowing how the system works, I’d have a very high level of confidence that it will be fine. But if you’re worried, you can ask at the gate (or in the lounge) and the agent can tell you if your bag has been loaded.