Connection in ICN from LH to CA
Oct 13, 2007 | 2:01 pm
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Connection in ICN from LH to CA
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I will be connecting in ICN from LH to Air China to carry on to TAO.
1) What are international to international connexions like in ICN? Presumably I don't have to go through immigration.
2) Any chance of LH being able to check me through on to CA? Presumably my bags at least? If not where in ICN do I check in as I will presumably be staying airside?
Thanks for any advice.
I will be connecting in ICN from LH to Air China to carry on to TAO.
1) What are international to international connexions like in ICN? Presumably I don't have to go through immigration.
2) Any chance of LH being able to check me through on to CA? Presumably my bags at least? If not where in ICN do I check in as I will presumably be staying airside?
Thanks for any advice.
Oct 13, 2007 | 2:46 pm
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Can only answer your first question. International to international connections are very simple at ICN. You simply have to show your ongoing BP/ticket and go through a simple security check which usually only takes a few minutes.
Oct 13, 2007 | 4:59 pm
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I agree. When I connected through ICN it was no big deal. It's a very nice airport, one of the nicest I've been to. The only drawback was that I had to do quite a bit of walking between gates. They do have the moving walkways though, so that helps.
Oct 13, 2007 | 10:34 pm
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I'm not sure about CA specifically, but there are transfer desks for a number of airlines that allow you to pick-up onward boarding passes on the concourse, without having to clear Korean immigration and customs.
Oct 14, 2007 | 12:59 pm
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Connecting in ICN
Thanks for your replies - I've used ICN, but it was my final destination. It left a very favourable impression on me (except for the trip into and from Seoul, but I won't be needing that this time!). Clean, modern and efficient. Obviously, I had never tested connexions, but I was hoping that it was the same as the rest of the airport.
Oct 14, 2007 | 1:51 pm
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ICN is really nice and easy and quick for international connections.
Never tried the LH/Ca combination for checking luggage thru, but LH has been good at this to me in the past - even on seperate reservations and seperate tickets.
Just make sure that you have printouts of the reservation showing the reservation number and also the ticket number and have a printout of the ticket information (if not a paper ticket).
If luggage is not checked thru you need to go thru immigration, pick up the backs, check in, back thru immigration and security. Also not a big deal, because it is typically quick and efficient.
Never tried the LH/Ca combination for checking luggage thru, but LH has been good at this to me in the past - even on seperate reservations and seperate tickets.
Just make sure that you have printouts of the reservation showing the reservation number and also the ticket number and have a printout of the ticket information (if not a paper ticket).
If luggage is not checked thru you need to go thru immigration, pick up the backs, check in, back thru immigration and security. Also not a big deal, because it is typically quick and efficient.