 Poster: A snowHead
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First time travelling with a ski bag (Heathrow T1 to Geneva) when you check in does the ski bag have to get dropped off somewhere else or does it go into the same hole in the wall as the suitcases?
And again on pickup, assuming the ski bag arrives, never seen them on the normal baggage carousel, is there a separate pickup location?
(flying with Swiss if that makes a difference)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You'll be pointed at the oversize luggage checkin after you've checked in the rest of your stuff. At the other end, there will be an oversized items collection area, though I can't remember what form that takes at Geneva.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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At Geneva they are usually on a separate straight belt at the far right hand (as you enter) end of the reclaim hall, if they are not there then they are usually on a large trolley somewhere in the reclaim hall. Boot bags generally come off on the main carousel even though they might have been checked in with the oversized and odd shaped stuff.
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Excellent - thanks for the info
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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sarah is right, it's a random location at GVA, usually they come off on the belt at the far end, sometimes the come out of a door near where you walk in and get chucked on a big trolley or just left on the floor.
At T1 they come through a hole in the wall at the oversize collection belt. If they're not there some helpful sole may have lifted them off and put them to one side as it's a small collection point and can get overcrowded.
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Was far left hand end at GVA last time I went that way with skis. And the bloke dropped them and a couple of pushchairs off before I'd even sussed which belt the normal bags would appear at, which is pretty quick considering it's Schengen from here, so no passport checks, just straight in to reclaim.
Dunno about LHR.
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Interestingly, if you're taking advantage of Swiss' Fly Rail Baggage service, the whole lots comes out with your skis at the oversize area at Heathrow. Before I worked this out, I was standing at the conveyor getting worried.
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I found collecting my skis really easy at Geneva Terminal 1. I'm going to the charter terminal of Geneva next month though, I've no idea if its going to be the same there!
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RichardB, big scrum as far as I can recall with many trolleys full of skis
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| RichardB, big scrum as far as I can recall with many trolleys full of skis |
Charter possibly?
GVA has a belt at the end now but no lazy assed baggage handlers to take stuff off before it trips the cut off so you need to do your own management to get your stuff through.
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