Checked luggage on a 5 day layover
Dec 31, 2017, 5:38 pm
#1
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Checked luggage on a 5 day layover
I will be travelling on TG from Australia to Europe with a 5 day layover on BKK (single ticket) and would like to check my luggage to the final destination in Europe. Does anyone know if this is possible with such a long layover?
Dec 31, 2017, 9:28 pm
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Even if it were possible, such a long transfer would dramatically increase the likelihood of loss of the luggage, or theft from it. I would certainly collect it and put it in the Left Luggage facility, as Flyingbiker suggests.
Jan 1, 2018, 1:57 am
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You're not making a layover at BKK, it's a stop! As mentioned, to be classed as a layover the arriving and departing flights must be within 24 hours of each other.
The advice you've been given is sound. Even if it were possible to check your luggage through, the chances of losing it are really, really high! Luggage storage at swampy or, if it were me, just take it with you. Safest option!
Happy travels.
The advice you've been given is sound. Even if it were possible to check your luggage through, the chances of losing it are really, really high! Luggage storage at swampy or, if it were me, just take it with you. Safest option!
Happy travels.
Jan 1, 2018, 2:13 am
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First, as others have said - that is not "lay over" but "stop over"... Second, you would be risking too much, as other have said as well. Third, how could you live without your stuff for 5 days?
Jan 1, 2018, 9:04 am
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Unless you're bouncing around to 3 different hotels in 5 days why not just take it with you? Taxis are cheap if you have 2 bags + carry on that would make the airport link to BTS/MRT unwieldy.
Jan 1, 2018, 9:49 am
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When you check in your luggage, the agent is going to tell you where to retrieve your luggage. My bet is he/she will tell you to retrieve it at BKK carousel after the first segment and not in Europe.
Jan 1, 2018, 2:50 pm
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Jan 2, 2018, 8:50 pm
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Hi all,
I have a similar question.
I'll be flying from Krabi -> Bangkok on TG, (21 hour connection), Bangkok -> TPE on TG, (another 22 hour connection in Taipei), TPE -> ORD on EVA.
All of my segments are in business and on a single reservation.
For the Krabi -> Bangkok segment, I"ll just have one small carry on, so I won't be checking in any bags at all. However, in Bangkok, I plan to leave the airport and go to my parent's place. When I come back to the airport the next day, Can I check in my big bag and have it be checked through to ORD?
Thanks
I will leave the airport when I'm in Bangkok. When I come back, can I still check my bags to my final destination
I have a similar question.
I'll be flying from Krabi -> Bangkok on TG, (21 hour connection), Bangkok -> TPE on TG, (another 22 hour connection in Taipei), TPE -> ORD on EVA.
All of my segments are in business and on a single reservation.
For the Krabi -> Bangkok segment, I"ll just have one small carry on, so I won't be checking in any bags at all. However, in Bangkok, I plan to leave the airport and go to my parent's place. When I come back to the airport the next day, Can I check in my big bag and have it be checked through to ORD?
Thanks
I will leave the airport when I'm in Bangkok. When I come back, can I still check my bags to my final destination
Jan 2, 2018, 9:24 pm
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Hi all,
I have a similar question.
I'll be flying from Krabi -> Bangkok on TG, (21 hour connection), Bangkok -> TPE on TG, (another 22 hour connection in Taipei), TPE -> ORD on EVA.
All of my segments are in business and on a single reservation.
For the Krabi -> Bangkok segment, I"ll just have one small carry on, so I won't be checking in any bags at all. However, in Bangkok, I plan to leave the airport and go to my parent's place. When I come back to the airport the next day, Can I check in my big bag and have it be checked through to ORD?
Thanks
I will leave the airport when I'm in Bangkok. When I come back, can I still check my bags to my final destination
I have a similar question.
I'll be flying from Krabi -> Bangkok on TG, (21 hour connection), Bangkok -> TPE on TG, (another 22 hour connection in Taipei), TPE -> ORD on EVA.
All of my segments are in business and on a single reservation.
For the Krabi -> Bangkok segment, I"ll just have one small carry on, so I won't be checking in any bags at all. However, in Bangkok, I plan to leave the airport and go to my parent's place. When I come back to the airport the next day, Can I check in my big bag and have it be checked through to ORD?
Thanks
I will leave the airport when I'm in Bangkok. When I come back, can I still check my bags to my final destination
Jan 2, 2018, 10:07 pm
#12
Join Date: Nov 2011
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BKK stopover with check in after coming back will be fine. Just check in at domestic Counter in Krabi. For check through to ORD check in staff at BKK will probably be reluctant. You will have to insist and it also depends, whether TPE has Special rules regarding that (normally it is 24 hours Maximum). You also have to consider what you would like to do airside for 22 hours, Lounge is mediocre and not open around the clock