Checking bags to intermediate destination?
Jan 28, 2019, 12:37 pm
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Checking bags to intermediate destination?
This is probably a long shot, but....
I have a (DL-marketed i.e. DL codeshares) flight SFO-LHR-BOM-CMB. The first leg (and therefore checkin) is on Virgin, the next two are on Jet. I have a long layover in BOM (11:05 hours). Is there anyway I can get my bags checked to BOM?
I have a (DL-marketed i.e. DL codeshares) flight SFO-LHR-BOM-CMB. The first leg (and therefore checkin) is on Virgin, the next two are on Jet. I have a long layover in BOM (11:05 hours). Is there anyway I can get my bags checked to BOM?
Jan 28, 2019, 1:34 pm
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from reading threads about connections at Indian airports I believe that you have to collect your bags on arrival and then bag drop / recheck then anyway even if you have a connecting flight (same as arriving in the US for example)
Jan 31, 2019, 11:14 pm
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That's definitely true for domestic connections. But CMB is international. Plus here my original check in is with Virgin at SFO and since they interline with 9W I suspect they will through check it to CMB.
Feb 1, 2019, 1:46 am
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When your layover is overnight, there's never an issue with the short-check.
Otherwise you could try something along the lines of a "gift for a friend in BOM" - a liquid or something that you can't take on board.
Otherwise you could try something along the lines of a "gift for a friend in BOM" - a liquid or something that you can't take on board.