Checking bags on fuel dump flight?
Jan 14, 2023 | 8:29 am
#1
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Checking bags on fuel dump flight?
Hello! I'm a fuel dump newbie but found one (with a lot of help) where I'll be traveling in April but the dump flight is a few months later. I'm guessing if I check a bag, the airline would see the whole itinerary and potentially cancel it? They are two separate airlines that are not codeshares if that makes any difference. Thanks so much!!
Jan 30, 2023 | 4:12 pm
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Hello! I'm a fuel dump newbie but found one (with a lot of help) where I'll be traveling in April but the dump flight is a few months later. I'm guessing if I check a bag, the airline would see the whole itinerary and potentially cancel it? They are two separate airlines that are not codeshares if that makes any difference. Thanks so much!!
Jan 31, 2023 | 9:46 am
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They can't see and It's not their job anyway. Check-in IS their job and your luggage will be there. Only time it ever happened to me was in Stuttgart airport. AirBerlin agent smiled and winked at me. "So you are going to fly an intra Saudi Arabia flight next week "Auf wiedersehen und gute reise."
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Feb 24, 2023 | 4:39 pm
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May 7, 2023 | 3:03 am
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Join Date: May 2023
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Hi. Did you end up checking bags?
Hello! I'm a fuel dump newbie but found one (with a lot of help) where I'll be traveling in April but the dump flight is a few months later. I'm guessing if I check a bag, the airline would see the whole itinerary and potentially cancel it? They are two separate airlines that are not codeshares if that makes any difference. Thanks so much!!
May 23, 2023 | 9:31 am
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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I have been a decades old FF, but just learned about fuel dumping flights. Great, now I will spend a ton of time trying to find them. Just what I needed, another excuse to travel!
Thanks Bluemoon71 !
Thanks Bluemoon71 !
May 27, 2023 | 12:18 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2016
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Reading through the trick it thread is a good start. However, unless you attach a very low valuation to your own time or you really like playing with ITA matrix, its not really worth it.
May 30, 2023 | 8:22 am
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Yeah I am learning that very fact. Even just learning the ITA stuff is time consuming.