 Poster: A snowHead
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I am doing this journey tomorrow and my connection time is quite tight, both flights are with Lufthansa albeit a code share with Austrianaairlines for second leg, does anyone know if my luggage is likely to be checked right through from Edinburgh or will I need to reclaim it in Frankfurt and check it back in?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It will be checked through to Innsbruck. They are both Star Alliance partners.
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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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Phew that's a big relief was worried that because I was going over various more than one border I might have been stuffed
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Yeah, connections can be stressful, but Lufthansa is usually great. I live just a few minutes from the Frankfurt airport, so I use them all the time. Safe travels! I'll be in the Alps this coming week, also, but I'm driving down. Looks like it is going to be balmy for the first couple of days, but then hopefully a bit more fresh snow on Tuesday!
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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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Snap.
Luggage should go thru, but you'll get passport/immigration in frankfurt I think, and possibly a walk thru security, at least in one direction (can't be sure - long time since I've had to transit a major hub when living 15mins away from one!)
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Frankfurt passport control is really quick. German efficiency at work. Security can be a mixed bag.
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Connection is from same terminal as arrival, if running to time have one hour and ten mins and already checked in for second flight
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Be prepared for your luggage not to make it if there are delays to your first flight.
I did this connection a while ago and saw may boad bag sitting on the tarmac as our plane to Innsbruck set off down the runway.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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How to make a guy feel good lol
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it'll be fine™
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hope so at least if airline leaves stuff behind its their job to get it to me
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I was denied boarding on a KLM connection to Innsbruck - I got there but they said they'd offloaded my bag despite being there before the gate closed.
So I went via Frankfurt.
And my bag stayed in Amsterdam!
Not an experience I'll repeat - but they shouldn't really be allowed to sell that as a connection, as even if on time you've only got about 40 minutes.
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40 is just wrong.
friend managed change from T2 to T1 (or the other way?) with not much more than an hour for an connecting flight to south africa, and still had time to surf online at the gate for 15mins.
KLM/AirFrance are the world champions at forgetting to send luggage.
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You know it makes sense.
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The problem with the Leeds-Amsterdam flight is even though it might land on time, they park the aircraft somewhere near Rotterdam and you have a 15-20 minute bus journey just to get to the terminal. If you only have hand luggage you can usually leg it through the terminal on time, but even though I was there, and wasn't even last in the queue they wouldn't let me on - so my extra day's skiing in St Anton became an extra day's drinking beer at Schipol.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Did you buy it as a single journey or arrange the two flights yourself?
If a single journey, then it'll definitely go straight through.. if you bought the two yourself, I'm less sure.
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Poster: A snowHead
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feef, subject to the first flight being on time. We had bags checked straight through from Sydney to Manchester, but due to landing late, there wasn't time to get the bags from the arriving flight to the departing flight. And yes, we booked it as one journey on the same airline, but regardless of this they won't hold flights up unnecessarily.
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