Check in all the way to ARN? 2 tickets

[Christina L]

We are flying ARN-LHR-SIN-SYD return.

ARN-LHR return is on one ticket, bought via SAS webpage.

LHR-SIN-SYD return is with SQ on another ticket bought via a travel agent in th UK.

What happens when we check in in SYD to fly back to ARN;

Will the staff agree to check our luggage in all the way up to ARN (so we dont have to collect at LHR and check it in again) ?

[Michael Morrison]

What airline are you flying SYD-LHR with?

Some will not check you thropugh if it is not on the same ticket (ie Air NZ, BMI etc)

[Christina L]

What airline are you flying SYD-LHR with?

Some will not check you thropugh if it is not on the same ticket (ie Air NZ, BMI etc)

Oh, sorry, should have mentioned, its SQ LHR-SIN-SYD return and SAS ARN-LHR return.

[Grant Smith]

You'll have to check it in again in LHR... If it were all on the same ticket you may have stood a better chance...

[Andrew P]

You'll have to check it in again in LHR... If it were all on the same ticket you may have stood a better chance...

But your bags may be checked all the way thru, that’s what transfer desks at airports are for

Ensure at Stockholm Airport you show them both tickets, and get them to tag the bags to Sydney

Agree you will not get the LHR-SYD boarding pass till you get to LHR transfer desk.

Banjo

[Christina L]

But your bags may be checked all the way thru, that’s what transfer desks at airports are for

Ensure at Stockholm Airport you show them both tickets, and get them to tag the bags to Sydney

Agree you will not get the LHR-SYD boarding pass till you get to LHR transfer desk.

Banjo

This is what we are hoping for, that they will check our bags in all the way through.
I understand that they might not check us in, so we need to get new boarding cards at a transfer desk in LHR.

[Michael Morrison]

But your bags may be checked all the way thru, that’s what transfer desks at airports are for


The key here is they MAY check the bags through.

They are under no obligation to do so. I'm not sure of SQ or SAS's policy, but it may also depend on the agent on the day.

[Jon Harris]

Normally if travelling on same alliance in this case Star they will tag thru...major exception is BMI in star alliance - will only tag to final destination if on same ticket or if 2 tickets only if the BMI ticket is endorsed with the other ticket number...BMI pretty much functions like LCC...

BA and VS are two carriers that will not thru check bags if on sep tickets. BA will if travelling on oneworld partner airlines on sep tickets.

QF are normally pretty good with thru tagging - I flew QF/BA to LHR and connecting on AZ domestic via LHR/FCO - bags were tagged by QF and I had sep tickets.

TG and SQ have done the same for me as well.

So you should be OK but make sure you have a copy of both tickets and verify with check-in agent where they are tagging to...hope this helps.

[Grant Smith]

Normally if travelling on same alliance in this case Star they will tag thru...major exception is BMI in star alliance - will only tag to final destination if on same ticket or if 2 tickets only if the BMI ticket is endorsed with the other ticket number...BMI pretty much functions like LCC...

I've had the same issue with US, in November I flew US PBI-CLT-JFK & then JFK-FRA-SIN-SYD with SQ - but due to having different PNRs I had to collect my bags at JFK and re-check them in with SQ...

At the end of the day not a major hassle, the major hassle was getting from JFK to SYD sans stopover and that's simply because I'm no Luke Chittock ;)

[Justin L]

BA will if travelling on oneworld partner airlines on sep tickets.

I've enquired with BA in the past about this. I had a SYD-LHR QF return booking and was looking to make a side trip to Hamburg at the end of my trip on BA, with the HAM-LHR flight arriving a few hours before my LHR-SYD QF departure. I enquired with BA before booking if I could check my bags through to SYD from HAM but BA said they couldn't as the bookings need to be on the same ticket. I ended up not going to Hamburg, but left my bags at my London hotel and caught the train to Paris instead.

[Michael Morrison]

Normally if travelling on same alliance in this case Star they will tag thru...major exception is BMI in star alliance - will only tag to final destination if on same ticket or if 2 tickets only if the BMI ticket is endorsed with the other ticket number...BMI pretty much functions like LCC...


NZ also don't through check the bags unless on the same PNR, regardless of if the flight is on STAR.

[Bernie P]

When I went to the UK with SAS (QF to NRT) I had my bags checked ALL the way through to MAN. Checked in Syd, did not see them in NRT or CPH and collected them in MAN! It was terribly easy...

[Justin L]

hen I went to the UK with SAS (QF to NRT) I had my bags checked ALL the way through to MAN. Checked in Syd, did not see them in NRT or CPH and collected them in MAN! It was terribly easy...

Were all of those flights booked on the one ticket or were they on separate tickets?

[Bernie P]

Going on memory... I think it was two! QF to NRT and then SAS to MAN via CPH.

I know that there is an agreement between SAS & QF but at least SAS & SQ are alliance partners!

[Christina L]

Thanks for all your replies.

The main reason why I am asking is that I am trying do decide how much time we need at LHR:
We arrive 05.45 with SQ.
We can leave at 07.00 or 10.35 with SAS.

I know its crazy to even consider 07.00, but with 3 tired kids its so tempting.

It seems this SQ flight often lands earlier, around 05.30 and SQ+SAS are the same in terminal......

Still, I think may be we have to pass security etc, so even if we dont have to collect any bags.

What do you think???? (How much time do we need without luggage?)

[Al.B.SYD]

NZ also don't through check the bags unless on the same PNR, regardless of if the flight is on STAR.

Add AC to that list as well. Same ticket through-check only.
Like the drop in weight limit on the Piece system from 32kg to 23kg by almost all airlines now, this seems to be the next dismantling of time honoured baggage checking traditions.

[Michael Morrison]

Thanks for all your replies.

The main reason why I am asking is that I am trying do decide how much time we need at LHR:
We arrive 05.45 with SQ.
We can leave at 07.00 or 10.35 with SAS.

Given you will likely need to re check in on the seperate ticket I would go for the 10.35. Just the slightest delay in boarding or getting to your gate (this is heathrow with all the early morning flights arriving!) could cause you to miss check in for the SAS flight.... and they may not re accomodate you as it was your fault for missing check in.

From memory also, security only opens at 5.30 and there are a couple of flihgts before that so lines can be quite long - even at that time.

Play it safe and do the later flight.

[Christina L]

Given you will likely need to re check in on the seperate ticket I would go for the 10.35. Just the slightest delay in boarding or getting to your gate (this is heathrow with all the early morning flights arriving!) could cause you to miss check in for the SAS flight.... and they may not re accomodate you as it was your fault for missing check in.

From memory also, security only opens at 5.30 and there are a couple of flihgts before that so lines can be quite long - even at that time.

Play it safe and do the later flight.


OK, thanks again. We have booked the later flight.