Through-checking of bag question
 

I have the following itinerary booked, and was wondering how likely it is that I can check my bag all the way from JFK to SIN rather than have to pick it up in MUC. I have business to attend to in the city and would rather not have to drag it along if it can be avoided. Any ideas?

EK206 JFK-DXB, EK53 DXB-MUC (arr 08:35)

Dep. MUC same day at 15:40 on EK50 to DXB then EK354 to SIN

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Does anyone know whether the lounge in MUC is any good? There isn't much online that I could find.

Wow.... that's quite a routing...

Technically doable - but will depend on the motivation and competence of the check-in staff at JFK.

It's much more likely the bag will just follow you to MUC and then go back to DXB :D Although if they are clever they will find a way of making it transit at DXB for a longer period of time.

Thanks. Actually hadn't considered whether they'd let me check in for the whole itinerary through to SIN, and if I can get all 4 BPs then they're not going to through check by bag either I guess. I'll just have to see how things go at JFK. Maybe there's a left luggage facility at MUC if all else fails.

Does anyone have any experience with the lounge at MUC? If I conclude my business early then wondering whether I should stay in the city centre a bit longer or head back to the airport. (Been to Munich many times before so no sightseeing required).

Is it all on one PNR/itinerary? If so, then it can be easily tagged all the way to SIN by JFK - either stopped in DXB in the baggage facility or JFK-DXB-MUC-DXB-SIN.

If not then there may need to be some calls made but it can be done.

It is all one PNR. Thanks for this. ^

At DXB its ok 48 hours bag check in before flight

JFK-DXB-MUC-DXB-SIN

That's an odd itinerary. OP, is there a particular reasons why you are going to Munich? If not, I can't see the need for this route. It should be possible to fly JFK-DXB-SIN, surely?

I have no experience of long periods between flights at MUC, but I was able to check a bag right through AKL-SIN-LHR, with 11.5 hours on the ground in Singapore. At that time, I understood that this could be done when the interval between flights was less than 12 hours.

In his first post the OP stated:

I assumed the city in question was MUC rather than anywhere else.

It's actually JFK-MXP-DXB-MUC-DXB-SIN, as he states he's on EK206. It seems a bit tedious to go to Europe, then to Dubai, then right back to Europe but to each their own!
I honesty didn't even know you could have all that on one PNR/booking!