Flight Transfer and Luggage
Discussion
Good morning all,
We are flying to Malta next week. We are flying from Heathrow to Vienna using Austrian Airlines then Vienna to Malta using Air Malta one hour later. Will we have to retrieve our luggage in Vienna or is it automatically put through to the Air malta flight?
May be a silly question but have only done this in the past using the same carrier.
Many thanks
Steve
We are flying to Malta next week. We are flying from Heathrow to Vienna using Austrian Airlines then Vienna to Malta using Air Malta one hour later. Will we have to retrieve our luggage in Vienna or is it automatically put through to the Air malta flight?
May be a silly question but have only done this in the past using the same carrier.
Many thanks
Steve
thetrash said:
I just flew to San Francisco via JFK and had to pick up the bags and re check them in and go through security. It was a ball ache.
But thats because you need to clear customs & immigration at 1st point of entry to the US.OP if it's all on the same ticket then you'll be fine & it should be checked through.
I don't know for sure but I wouldn't have thought a carrier would book your luggage straight through when you are switching airlines (unless there is a tie up between the two). I will be interested to hear the definitive answer. Hopefully they do as a 1 hour connection time doesn't leave much time for any delays.
I am sure you will enjoy Malta; I went for the first time in April and really liked it. The only issue was Avis and a clapped out hire car and being shafted for extras (disputed) which is seemingly endemic there.
I am sure you will enjoy Malta; I went for the first time in April and really liked it. The only issue was Avis and a clapped out hire car and being shafted for extras (disputed) which is seemingly endemic there.
If you are booked on a single ticket/itinerary (i.e. one booking with two legs) then you are good. But it's always good to check when they put the tag on to make sure, they have been known to screw up. You should get two boarding passes at check-in.
If the two legs were booked seperately (UK-Vienna, Vienna-Malta) then you can have issues if the two airlines are not interline partners (note: not the same as alliance partner airlines). Budget airlines being the main culprit here.
The exceptions to this are the US (maybe Canada?), where you have to clear immigration and customs on port of first entry, and China, where the transfer options are limited to certain airlines with a host of restrictions.
All of the above may be balls.
If the two legs were booked seperately (UK-Vienna, Vienna-Malta) then you can have issues if the two airlines are not interline partners (note: not the same as alliance partner airlines). Budget airlines being the main culprit here.
The exceptions to this are the US (maybe Canada?), where you have to clear immigration and customs on port of first entry, and China, where the transfer options are limited to certain airlines with a host of restrictions.
All of the above may be balls.
Morning all,
Just back 2.30 am this morning from sunny Malta to be greeted by torrential rain as soon as I reached the Severn Bridge.
Transfer was no problem at all.
The only problem we had was arriving at Heathrow to be greeted in terminal 2 with 2 desks open in passport control and hundreds waiting to get through, then part of the A4 was shut which made getting out of the Purple parking a hassle.
Again many thanks for your advice and I must recommend Travel Republic who we booked with.
Regards
Steve
Just back 2.30 am this morning from sunny Malta to be greeted by torrential rain as soon as I reached the Severn Bridge.
Transfer was no problem at all.
The only problem we had was arriving at Heathrow to be greeted in terminal 2 with 2 desks open in passport control and hundreds waiting to get through, then part of the A4 was shut which made getting out of the Purple parking a hassle.
Again many thanks for your advice and I must recommend Travel Republic who we booked with.
Regards
Steve
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