Connecting Business Flights?
19 July 2006, 04:44 PM
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Connecting Business Flights?
Afternoon NSR,
I need to book a flight on business from Birmingham to Poland. This needs a connection stopover in Munich of only 50 mins. I need to take a suit bag for 5 days business travel. If I need to check it in as hold luggage do I have to collect the luggage from the first leg, and re-check in for the second leg? How do these things work? (first timer!!)
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I need to book a flight on business from Birmingham to Poland. This needs a connection stopover in Munich of only 50 mins. I need to take a suit bag for 5 days business travel. If I need to check it in as hold luggage do I have to collect the luggage from the first leg, and re-check in for the second leg? How do these things work? (first timer!!)
Thanks in advance
19 July 2006, 04:49 PM
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Contact the airline you've booked with for the specific info, but whenever I've made connecting flights (UK to Raleigh in North Carolina, then on to St Louis) the bags are automatically checked through to their final destination so you don't have to do a single thing.
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50 minute stopover - wave goodbye to you bag when you check it in - you'll probably never see it again 
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Most things improve over time - baggage handling doesn't seem to be one of them !
If your suit is important for your meetings I'd wear it and check in your jeans etc.
Check it in on the way back
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.Most things improve over time - baggage handling doesn't seem to be one of them !
If your suit is important for your meetings I'd wear it and check in your jeans etc.
Check it in on the way back
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19 July 2006, 05:13 PM
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agree with the above. you think 'tight time for me to make it from gate 123 to gate 456'... = bags next flight after you!
would get one of the the small wheeled cases that you can cram in as much as you can and it is legal to go inside the cabin.
Rich
would get one of the the small wheeled cases that you can cram in as much as you can and it is legal to go inside the cabin.
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19 July 2006, 05:19 PM
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If its with the same airline, no problem. You'll check your bags in in Birmingham, and pick them up in Poland.
I did Washington DC to Sydney Australia via Los Angeles, with a 25 minute connection in LA, with no problems at all. That was with United.
If your switching carriers, I don't know!
I did Washington DC to Sydney Australia via Los Angeles, with a 25 minute connection in LA, with no problems at all. That was with United.
If your switching carriers, I don't know!
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Originally Posted by MY00PPP
agree with the above. you think 'tight time for me to make it from gate 123 to gate 456'... = bags next flight after you!
would get one of the the small wheeled cases that you can cram in as much as you can and it is legal to go inside the cabin.
Rich
would get one of the the small wheeled cases that you can cram in as much as you can and it is legal to go inside the cabin.
Rich
Not flown since the new rules but the measurements don't sound very big !
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If your flights are with the same carrier, then they will check them through no problem.
If they arent, then you are pushing it a bit time wise. I would say there is a chance they wont make it with only a 50 min connection.
And thats IF the flight arrives on time....if its delayed, then there goes your connection.
Personally I would be hesitant at booking a 50 min connection.
More or less the same carry on dimensions as they have been for premium passengers for ages. At least with BA they are... (thats who I am a card holder with)
56cm x 45cm x 25cm (22in x 18in x 10in) is the max bag size you can take as a carry on ( and I am assured is now the max size permited through the security checkpoints and x rays), and an additional bag too on most airlines. Check with LH for their limits.
If they arent, then you are pushing it a bit time wise. I would say there is a chance they wont make it with only a 50 min connection.
And thats IF the flight arrives on time....if its delayed, then there goes your connection.
Personally I would be hesitant at booking a 50 min connection.
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Not flown since the new rules but the measurements don't sound very big !
56cm x 45cm x 25cm (22in x 18in x 10in) is the max bag size you can take as a carry on ( and I am assured is now the max size permited through the security checkpoints and x rays), and an additional bag too on most airlines. Check with LH for their limits.
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Originally Posted by Markus
Contact the airline you've booked with for the specific info, but whenever I've made connecting flights (UK to Raleigh in North Carolina, then on to St Louis) the bags are automatically checked through to their final destination so you don't have to do a single thing.
that is strange. I have just come back from Baltimore which is my sixth trip to the states in the last twelve months.
As long as I can remember you HAVE to pass through customs at the port of entry in the US which requires that you collect your baggage and take it to the baggage transfer point after customs.
This is a legal requirement in the US. Your baggage will be checked through but you need to wait to collect it and then carry it through customs.
This is not the same in Germany. Also if you are travelling business class you can take a suit carrier on with you. Just make sure it will fit in the overhead bin - which also depends on which plane it is.
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I did a 24hr 3leg hopover, delta to chicago- mexico air to mexico city - mexico air to hermosillo. due to the pilot on the second leg forgetting his passengers were aboard!! we were an hour late departing ffs... (mind you in business class we didnt care!!)
the result was i landed in hermosillo at 10pm in the evening with no luggage!!
so it was a quick trip to walmart to purchase some essentials... so i went into plant the next day in a very smart shirt!!
my luggage arrived by the time i got back to the hotel
Mart
the result was i landed in hermosillo at 10pm in the evening with no luggage!!
so it was a quick trip to walmart to purchase some essentials... so i went into plant the next day in a very smart shirt!!
my luggage arrived by the time i got back to the hotel
Mart
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Markus,
that is strange. I have just come back from Baltimore which is my sixth trip to the states in the last twelve months.
As long as I can remember you HAVE to pass through customs at the port of entry in the US which requires that you collect your baggage and take it to the baggage transfer point after customs.
This is a legal requirement in the US. Your baggage will be checked through but you need to wait to collect it and then carry it through customs.
This is not the same in Germany. Also if you are travelling business class you can take a suit carrier on with you. Just make sure it will fit in the overhead bin - which also depends on which plane it is.
Rannoch
that is strange. I have just come back from Baltimore which is my sixth trip to the states in the last twelve months.
As long as I can remember you HAVE to pass through customs at the port of entry in the US which requires that you collect your baggage and take it to the baggage transfer point after customs.
This is a legal requirement in the US. Your baggage will be checked through but you need to wait to collect it and then carry it through customs.
This is not the same in Germany. Also if you are travelling business class you can take a suit carrier on with you. Just make sure it will fit in the overhead bin - which also depends on which plane it is.
Rannoch
Have been to the US 9 times so far in 2006 myself, although i personally dont trust baggage handlers as far as I could throw them (not very far at all
) !Oh another top tip for you...
If they put priority tags on your bags (assuming you are flying business class) then note that they often get loaded first, therefore coming off last. Happens to me all the time! Sometimes they get put to one side, then dont get loaded on the plane at all!
You may not want to have the tags on.
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19 July 2006, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Freak
You have to clear immigration at your first point of entry, but bags can be checked through. Not always though! Depends on a whole host of things- as with anything to do with US entry/immigration/customs, nothing is simple.
Have been to the US 9 times so far in 2006 myself, although i personally dont trust baggage handlers as far as I could throw them (not very far at all ) !
Oh another top tip for you...
If they put priority tags on your bags (assuming you are flying business class) then note that they often get loaded first, therefore coming off last. Happens to me all the time! Sometimes they get put to one side, then dont get loaded on the plane at all!
You may not want to have the tags on.
Have been to the US 9 times so far in 2006 myself, although i personally dont trust baggage handlers as far as I could throw them (not very far at all
) !Oh another top tip for you...
If they put priority tags on your bags (assuming you are flying business class) then note that they often get loaded first, therefore coming off last. Happens to me all the time! Sometimes they get put to one side, then dont get loaded on the plane at all!
You may not want to have the tags on.
This has been true for me in Washington, Boston, Chicago, LA and Dallas. Of course coming back your bags are checked through and you never see them.
Check with US Customs if you like - but this is the law and if you don't pay attention Deputy Dawg will be after you
Agree that priority tags have helped me miss my transfers!!!
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
Markus,
that is strange. I have just come back from Baltimore which is my sixth trip to the states in the last twelve months.
As long as I can remember you HAVE to pass through customs at the port of entry in the US which requires that you collect your baggage and take it to the baggage transfer point after customs.
This is a legal requirement in the US. Your baggage will be checked through but you need to wait to collect it and then carry it through customs.
This is not the same in Germany. Also if you are travelling business class you can take a suit carrier on with you. Just make sure it will fit in the overhead bin - which also depends on which plane it is.
Rannoch
that is strange. I have just come back from Baltimore which is my sixth trip to the states in the last twelve months.
As long as I can remember you HAVE to pass through customs at the port of entry in the US which requires that you collect your baggage and take it to the baggage transfer point after customs.
This is a legal requirement in the US. Your baggage will be checked through but you need to wait to collect it and then carry it through customs.
This is not the same in Germany. Also if you are travelling business class you can take a suit carrier on with you. Just make sure it will fit in the overhead bin - which also depends on which plane it is.
Rannoch
) and go through customs on first landing at Raleigh. It's been a few years since I actually did that trip, usually went direct to STL.Maybe I was thinking of internal US flights?
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20 July 2006, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Rannoch
You bags are checked through - but you have to collect them and take them through customs where they are transferred. The only time you don't is if you are travelling on to a different country and staying airside.
This has been true for me in Washington, Boston, Chicago, LA and Dallas. Of course coming back your bags are checked through and you never see them.
Check with US Customs if you like - but this is the law and if you don't pay attention Deputy Dawg will be after you
Agree that priority tags have helped me miss my transfers!!!
This has been true for me in Washington, Boston, Chicago, LA and Dallas. Of course coming back your bags are checked through and you never see them.
Check with US Customs if you like - but this is the law and if you don't pay attention Deputy Dawg will be after you
Agree that priority tags have helped me miss my transfers!!!
well, I rarely have any connections anyway. Normally straight to JFK and then any internals on different days.
Knew they could be checked through, but never had to put it into practice as I have always refused. Didnt know you had to collect then stick them on again. Kind of pointless checking them through if you have to collect them and deposit again!
Like I said, I dont trust the checking through system as there are so many variables that can go **** up and leave you luggage less.
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Originally Posted by Freak
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well, I rarely have any connections anyway. Normally straight to JFK and then any internals on different days.
Knew they could be checked through, but never had to put it into practice as I have always refused. Didnt know you had to collect then stick them on again. Kind of pointless checking them through if you have to collect them and deposit again!
Like I said, I dont trust the checking through system as there are so many variables that can go **** up and leave you luggage less.
well, I rarely have any connections anyway. Normally straight to JFK and then any internals on different days.
Knew they could be checked through, but never had to put it into practice as I have always refused. Didnt know you had to collect then stick them on again. Kind of pointless checking them through if you have to collect them and deposit again!
Like I said, I dont trust the checking through system as there are so many variables that can go **** up and leave you luggage less.
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