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Apologies for the slightly noddy question.
I am flying BA long haul into Heathrow tomorrow, I then have a 9 hour lay over before a flight into Europe.
My question is will I have an option to collect my luggage after the initial flight, or will this automatically be transferred to the later flight? Meeting family during the layover so aiming to give them some luggage to take home…
Any help is much appreciated
Does the itinerary include an overnight stopover? If yes, then you can collect luggage.
Is the itinerary on two seperate tickets? If yes, you can – as you will need to collect luggage and re check.
If the answer to either of those questions is no, then the answer is no without a lot of hassle…
This is assuming all flights are in and out of LHR.
Where are you planning to meet family, as if you’re transitting it’s not easy to “just” leave LHR during the day… unless you’re transitting from two different terminals. If you want to leave, and you’re not UK / Irish passport holder (or have a right to remain), make sure you have an ETA.
Someone asked this recently. I think if you end up having to retrieve it, it takes a long time, which would eat into your layover.
It’s going to be dependent on the agent who checks in your bags, but I have definitely managed to have luggage checked through to my first stop only by BA on the couple of occasions I’ve requested it, the last time was at OPO in September last year.
Not an overnight stopover. We are UK passport holders.
Land from Riyadh at 05:30. Intending on using the Business Arrivals lounge at T5. BA have advised leaving the terminal is fine due to 6+ hour layover.
Flying to Faro later in the afternoon.
We don’t need our luggage per se, but just dropping it back at ‘home’ in the UK for our return to UK after Faro. Saves taking it to Faro.
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