tight connection - is it possible?
Nov 30, 2009 | 5:52 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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tight connection - is it possible?
I'm scheduled to fly from Geneva to Philadelphia via London. I'm already going to be in London, but BA won't let me simply use the second half of my ticket and not the first without paying a fee that amounts to extortion. So I'm thinking of taking a cheap easyjet flight to Geneva. However, there is only an hour and twenty minutes between the scheduled easyjet arrival and BA departure. This wouldn't be a problem if baggage could be checked through, but it can't, meaning I would need to retrieve my checked bag and then recheck it with BA. What are the chances that this would work? Does Geneva have a wuick bag drop terminal if I check in online?
Thanks for any thoughts?
Thanks for any thoughts?
Nov 30, 2009 | 8:08 am
#2
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 698
Speaking out of a general experience which includes having flown similar routes before, I wouldn't count on it. Geneva isn't a bad airport, but flights can always be late, and my understanding is that if in a case like this if you miss your flight out of Geneva, BA has no obligation to do anything for you (though they may.) And what if your luggage were lost -- you wouldn't have time to hang around Geneva to deal with it, and even if you did, I doubt Easyjet would forward your luggage to the US when it was found. Why not spend the night in Geneva? There are some things to see there, and if you had fondue then afterward you can always say, "Well, when I had fondue in Switzerland ..." 