GMTmin8

[QUOTE=flyerCO;34269020]correct. Over 12 hours between DL flights should require recheck. An agent can (if willing) override up to 24hrs.[ /QUOTE]

For an international DL flight with European short haul AF flight first thenwith 14 hour overnight connecting to DL there was no question that bags stayed and No recheck was needed.

Detroiter

Ah, for the days of handwritten baggage checks, when TAs had to know the rules, rather than relying on the computer to do things ("the computer says you have to re-check your bag at Detroit, so that's that!"). Yeah, mechanization reduces costs and probably cuts down on misdirected bags, but it can be a hassle in edge cases like these.

MSPeconomist

[QUOTE=GMTmin8;34269248]That's different because you're initially checking the bag with AF. IME AF/KLM agents assume that for any connection (under 24 hours) you want the bag to be checked through. You need to tell the explicitly if you want to get the bag back for an overnight at CDG/AMS.

flyerCO

[QUOTE=GMTmin8;34269248]Correct. Its when you're going DL to DL the shorter limit applies.. Anything else can be up to 23.59hrs long.. DL can also if agent knows how and is willing to do it. Basically they just have to address next DL flight onto tag like if was a separate ticket.

Also note, if checking in with OAL the 12 hour limit DL to DL won't be issue. DL programs their systems to short check over 12 hour connection.

FlyinHawaiian

Agent at the DL One kiosk at JFK T4 informed me after trying that she couldn’t through-check my bag to HNL and, as promised, I thanked her for trying and went on my way. Thanks again for the information.

[6/17 update]
My HNL-MSP-LGA trip went pear shaped this morning when MSP-LGA was cancelled and I got auto-rebooked HNL-SLC-DTW-LGA. I was able to find a MSP-JFK flight with a nine hour layover to preserve my DeltaOne leg and the nice agent at HNL didn't blink an eye when I asked her to through check my bag to JFK.

[7/6 update] I’m flying the same JFK-LAX-HNL itinerary as last month and this time, I was able to get an agent who was willing to through-check my bag to HNL.

David7

Hello!
I just asked at Delta checkin in SLC if I could short check bags to CDG on a future reservation SLC-CDG-FRA with a 9h30m connection in CDG (not overnight). The response was that this would not be possible as “people buy tickets to somewhere cheaper and then try to get off early”. I just want access to my belongings in CDG.

So am I really at the mercy of the checkin agent or is there any clear cut rule I could refer to which would allow me to short check my baggage?

flyerCO

If this was between DL flights, you could short check if over 6 hours. However AFAIK there's no such policy for DL-OAL. You can mention it is over 6 hours so you should be able (not mentionmentioning anything else).. It may or may not work..

transpecific

Wife and I will shortly be taking a round trip on Delta Airlines from the US to an overseas destination. It's a two-leg trip on the way out (US city A to US city B to foreign city C), and a two-leg trip on the way back (foreign city C to US city B to US city A). I have two questions.

#1:
On the outbound trip, there's an overnight layover in US city B. Will we able to collect our checked luggage after the first flight so we'll have it with us in the hotel room, and then recheck it the next morning for the international leg? I tried calling Delta's customer service line, but they didn't seem able to give me a very definitive/clear answer.

#2:
There's also an overnight layover on the return trip. Our hometown is positioned between US city A and US city B. During the return trip from foreign city C, I know we will have to pick up our checked bags in US city B and bring them through customs ourselves. We plan to sleep at home in our own bed that night, leave our luggage at home, and then return to the airport the next day for the final flight from US city B to US city A (and then drive home from US City A). Will Delta get upset if we don't check any bag for that final flight, despite having checked bags for the previous flight? I would ask Delta about this, but I don't want to give them any reason to suspect that we might be planning on skiplagging (we're not).

Thanks...

chgoeditor

Welcome to Flyertalk! I'm going to move this to our Delta forum.

chgoeditor
co-mod, Info Desk

guv1976

OP: DL will not care if you do not check bags in for the B => A segment.

If you have a lot of miles and/or status with DL, you are right to be concerned about skip-lagging, although I suspect that it could be less of an issue on an overnight connection. People oversleep all the time.

Don't know whether DL will short-check your bags on the outbound. Just ask when you check in for the first flight, and plan to have a carry-on or two with whatever you need for the overnight. (That's always good advice anyway, as checked bags can be delayed, mis-routed, etc.)

emma dog

DL won’t let you check bags that stay at the airport for the overnight. You’ll have to pick them up at the outbound.

Lots of details missing that could be helpful. Some options to consider just in case they fit your situation:
1) fly aaa-bbb with no bags. Go home and then check them at bbb the next day.
2) fly the the outbound routing as ticketed. On the return get off at bbb, go home and don’t fly bbb-aaa. There are threads on this already that describe the various caveats. Pls read them and apply as appropriate
3) if there’s a significant schedule change, call in and see if you can be reticketed bbb-ccc-bbb only. You have to talk to an agent. It depends on a variety of factors, including aaa-bbb distance. Look up threads that discuss schedule change Saturday to see what people have made possible.

Duke787

You should be fine along with the good suggestions above.

You should ask the check-in agent to short-check the bag and they should given the overnight connection (I believe DL has some policy about the layover time required for short-checking and you can find it). Otherwise you could run into a problem if you are flying into say ATL Terminal E where there is no way to walk out with a checked bag, you're forced to re-check the bag at Terminal E -- unless it's short-checked to ATL as the final.

I don't think that would be an issue at any other DL hub -- but it is an issue for ATL E

dmarge18

Honestly it's probably agent dependent. I've through checked on separate reservations that are short and long layovers, and I checked through a 16 hour LHR layover last year; the bags just went into storage in the system and were pulled out a few hours before the flight (always safe to be asking the agent at the airport to check on it, though). It's a manual process for through-checking, though, so some agents may not know or want to do it. That being said, under 24 hours it shouldn't be a problem. Over 24 hours, I'd want my bag anyway if I'm spending the night somewhere.

ATOBTTR

Yes - you can do this. Just ask to have the bag short-checked (the system may force it anyway) and ensure the bag claim shows "City B" as the destination at which point you will claim at City B, have for the overnight layover, and then recheck (have retagged) for the flight to Foreign City the next day. I did this on a trip to ICN last summer. Flew DAY-ATL in the evening and had an overnight layover at ATL. Bag was short-checked to ATL. I claimed my bag at ATL baggage claim then went to the hotel for my overnight stay. Rechecked the bag for the ATL-ICN leg the next day.

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Originally Posted by transpecific

#2:
There's also an overnight layover on the return trip. Our hometown is positioned between US city A and US city B. During the return trip from foreign city C, I know we will have to pick up our checked bags in US city B and bring them through customs ourselves. We plan to sleep at home in our own bed that night, leave our luggage at home, and then return to the airport the next day for the final flight from US city B to US city A (and then drive home from US City A). Will Delta get upset if we don't check any bag for that final flight, despite having checked bags for the previous flight? I would ask Delta about this, but I don't want to give them any reason to suspect that we might be planning on skiplagging (we're not).

Thanks...

This may depend on what city "US City B" is. If it's ATL, this could be problematic because of the way international arrivals & connections are set-up and depending on which concourse you arrive at though if it's an overnight layover, you should also be able to ask for a short-check again so that even if "US City B" is ATL, you will be treated as arriving at ATL and your bag will be treated as arriving at ATL as its final destination and your bags will be sent to appropriate baggage claim coming off your international arrival. In this scenario, ensure "US City B" shows as the destination on the baggage tag when you check-in at Foreign City C.

dmarge18

If it's an overnight layover after arriving internationally, couldn't you just grab the bags at customs and walk out with them anyway? I remember doing this in SEA once (several years ago); while SEA was my end point, we were supposed to drop our bags to reclaim at bag claim after customs, and instead we just walked out with them. There was no issue and nothing actually stopping us from doing so.