BA 2 itineraries and checked bags
Mar 4, 2023, 4:43 am
#1
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BA 2 itineraries and checked bags
Looking for advice.
2 separate bookings for travel gla-lhr then lhr-hnd.
BA wouldn’t check the bags in for the whole trip so I’ll have to collect them at T5 and get to T3.
Can I stay airside and if so can I check my bags in at T5 ?
What would best advice be getting over to T3?
Many thanks.
2 separate bookings for travel gla-lhr then lhr-hnd.
BA wouldn’t check the bags in for the whole trip so I’ll have to collect them at T5 and get to T3.
Can I stay airside and if so can I check my bags in at T5 ?
What would best advice be getting over to T3?
Many thanks.
Mar 4, 2023, 4:48 am
#2
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You can't stay airside as far as I know, or check bags at T5, you'll have to collect bags and transfer.
There's a free transfer on the underground (down in the lifts at the far end of T5 arrivals), if you're packing a lot of baggage and can't lug it through the tube (no staircases needed), then probably get a taxi though it's a bit expensive.
There's a free transfer on the underground (down in the lifts at the far end of T5 arrivals), if you're packing a lot of baggage and can't lug it through the tube (no staircases needed), then probably get a taxi though it's a bit expensive.
Mar 4, 2023, 4:48 am
#3
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
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Looking for advice.
2 separate bookings for travel gla-lhr then lhr-hnd.
BA wouldn’t check the bags in for the whole trip so I’ll have to collect them at T5 and get to T3.
Can I stay airside and if so can I check my bags in at T5 ?
What would best advice be getting over to T3?
Many thanks.
2 separate bookings for travel gla-lhr then lhr-hnd.
BA wouldn’t check the bags in for the whole trip so I’ll have to collect them at T5 and get to T3.
Can I stay airside and if so can I check my bags in at T5 ?
What would best advice be getting over to T3?
Many thanks.
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If you have to collect bags you will have to go landside. You won't be able to check bags in at T5 for a flight leaving from T3.
Mar 4, 2023, 5:11 am
#5
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BA no longer through checking baggage with separate tickets
Mar 4, 2023, 5:13 am
#6
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Mar 4, 2023, 5:19 am
#7
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I had also called BA customer services during the week and they told me specifically the agent in Gla could do this.
they clearly lied.
also: last yr I had 2 separate bookings coming back from LAS.
the initial LAS-LAX was non BA then LAX-LHR-GLA was Ba.
At LAS they checked the bags all the way back to Glasgow.
they clearly lied.
also: last yr I had 2 separate bookings coming back from LAS.
the initial LAS-LAX was non BA then LAX-LHR-GLA was Ba.
At LAS they checked the bags all the way back to Glasgow.
Mar 4, 2023, 5:25 am
#8
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Hi You may get lucky ( I did once at Dubai) and got bags checked through on separate tickets but this is not policy (2016?) and I certainly would not count on vags being checked through. The phone agent gave wrong information unfortunately.
Regards
Tbs
Regards
Tbs
Mar 4, 2023, 6:05 am
#9
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The agent in GLA can do it, indeed many agents think the policy is nonsense and will do it, but the official policy is customer-unfriendly and to deny it. There have been endless discussions on the whys and wherefors of this and personally I also cannot see any commercial sense but I am not BA.
I have also had connecting flights on separate bookings where these were linked in FLY without my knowledge and while the agent didn’t want to through-check my bag, he would have had some work to override the system so let it go through.
I have also had connecting flights on separate bookings where these were linked in FLY without my knowledge and while the agent didn’t want to through-check my bag, he would have had some work to override the system so let it go through.
Mar 4, 2023, 7:04 am
#11
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Mar 4, 2023, 1:06 pm
#13
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I hate the term ‘lied’ in these forums. That implies the deliberate telling of something known to be untrue. It could be that the agent misunderstood or made a mistake. Not ideal but it happens.
Mar 4, 2023, 2:02 pm
#14
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: UK
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You can't stay airside as far as I know, or check bags at T5, you'll have to collect bags and transfer.
There's a free transfer on the underground (down in the lifts at the far end of T5 arrivals), if you're packing a lot of baggage and can't lug it through the tube (no staircases needed), then probably get a taxi though it's a bit expensive.
There's a free transfer on the underground (down in the lifts at the far end of T5 arrivals), if you're packing a lot of baggage and can't lug it through the tube (no staircases needed), then probably get a taxi though it's a bit expensive.
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