Bangkok to Dublin via London...... can we just stop in London

MrStuffins

Hi,

I know this is probably a newb question, but my other half and I will be flying back from Bangkok to Dublin via London.

The stopover is 16 hour or something and we're thinking of just stopping in London and spending a few days there before making our own way back.

Is this a big issue? do we just have to tell the Airline in Bangkok to send our bags to London and not all the way through to Dublin?

athtrasna

It's generally not allowed unless you have a flexible ticket. It probably would work out cheaper for you to book a separate London trip than to try to make this work. You can't just tell the airline.

MrStuffins

athtrasna wrote: »

It's generally not allowed unless you have a flexible ticket. It probably would work out cheaper for you to book a separate London trip than to try to make this work. You can't just tell the airline.

But would I be able to get my bags back in London? Or will they automatically go straight to Dublin?

toadfly

MrStuffins wrote: »

But would I be able to get my bags back in London? Or will they automatically go straight to Dublin?

They will go to Dublin if all booked on one ticket

MrStuffins

Thanks for the answers guys.

So, if I have to stay, is it possible to leave the airport and grab a hotel?

I land in London at 18:30pm.

The flight to Dublin is at 11:05am the following day.

Locker10a

MrStuffins wrote: »

Thanks for the answers guys.

So, if I have to stay, is it possible to leave the airport and grab a hotel?

I land in London at 18:30pm.

The flight to Dublin is at 11:05pm the following day.

Wait you booked a connection with a layover of over 24hours?
Are you sure that that the ticket is a through ticket? Or a self connect ? You really need to ring the airline and find out about the type of ticket this is, if it's one ticket direct to Dublin then bags will go straight to Dublin, if not they may come off the plane in London for you to collect

MrStuffins

Apologies,

I meant 11:05am

Fred Swanson

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killbillvol2

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^^ This.

They won't have any issue with returning your bags in London given that you have an overnight - just tell them you're staying in a hotel overnight and want your bags.

BuffyBot

Short-checking is the official term.

Airline shouldn't have an issue, especially with a long layover on the itinerary

coylemj

BuffyBot wrote: »

Short-checking is the official term.

Airline shouldn't have an issue, especially with a long layover on the itinerary

+1 and you don't need any explanation, just tell the check-in person in Bangkok that you want to pull the bag in London, they don't care why.

There was a time when pulling your bag off the carousel in Heathrow was recommended because of baggage handlers pilfering from bags. I remember flying from Munich via Heathrow to Dublin in the 1980s, the BA lady at the check-in desk in Munich strongly advised me to pull my bag in Heathrow (she called it 'Thiefrow') and check it in again for Dublin rather than let it work through the baggage system in Heathrow where there would be plenty of time and opportunity to rummage through it.

Fred Swanson

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coylemj

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OP's bag has to come off the plane in Heathrow anyway, what odds does it make to the baggage handlers or BA whether the bag is put onto the carousel or held to be put onto another flight?

Fred Swanson

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redcup342

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Yeah, I've done it a few times.

I know many people that have done it and I've done it myself.

Dusseldorf - Amsterdam - New York is usually a few hundred cheaper than Amsterdam - New York.

Many people living in Amsterdam get a cheap ICE Ticket to Dusseldorf and then on the way back just pickup their bags in Amsterdam.