Baggage check and positioning flight to JAX
Aug 9, 2011, 7:06 am
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Baggage check and positioning flight to JAX
I bought one of the BE sale fares JAX-AMS offered a couple of months ago. The trip is in two weeks. My routing is JAX-ATL-AMS-DTW-JAX. I have positioning flights ATL-JAX / JAX-ATL. My connection in JAX, where I'll be turning around and flying right back to ATL, is about 90 minutes. Since I'll be in AMS for the better part of a week on business, I will need to check a bag.
Is it possible, upon checkin at ATL, to have the bag tagged simply on the ATL-AMS flight, so it does not needlessly follow me down and back from JAX?
If not, should I check it through all the way to AMS, even though on separate PNR's/tix? I know this is possible. Is it recommended?
The alternative would be claiming my bag at JAX and going straight to the checkin desk for JAX-ATL-AMS. 90 minutes total connection time would cut it close for the deadline to checkin for an international flight, wouldn't it? Or is JAX so efficient that I can rely on prompt delivery and easy checkin?
Is it possible, upon checkin at ATL, to have the bag tagged simply on the ATL-AMS flight, so it does not needlessly follow me down and back from JAX?
If not, should I check it through all the way to AMS, even though on separate PNR's/tix? I know this is possible. Is it recommended?
The alternative would be claiming my bag at JAX and going straight to the checkin desk for JAX-ATL-AMS. 90 minutes total connection time would cut it close for the deadline to checkin for an international flight, wouldn't it? Or is JAX so efficient that I can rely on prompt delivery and easy checkin?
Aug 11, 2011, 6:40 am
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Is it possible, upon checkin at ATL, to have the bag tagged simply on the ATL-AMS flight, so it does not needlessly follow me down and back from JAX?
If not, should I check it through all the way to AMS, even though on separate PNR's/tix? I know this is possible. Is it recommended?
If not, should I check it through all the way to AMS, even though on separate PNR's/tix? I know this is possible. Is it recommended?
Aug 11, 2011, 8:06 am
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I don't know anything about Delta prohibiting short-checking bags. Nor do I know about any such U.S. security rules. What you've posted here only begs the question: would this situation be a time for the airline to deem it operationally inconvenient?
In any case, what's the recommendation? Through-check at initial checkin for the ultimate destination, AMS?
Aug 11, 2011, 8:33 am
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I have no personal experience with this (I'm a leisure traveler who can go for two weeks with one under-sized carryon) but in considering the risks I would vote for checking it through from ATL-JFK-AMS. If your ATL-JAX leg is delayed, picking up and rechecking a bag could mean the crucial time difference that would cause you to miss your connection. DL might even choose to check your bag directly ATL-AMS.