Baggage Question
 

I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)

Re: Baggage Question
 

On 24 Oct 2004 10:14:49 -0700, [email protected] (Rag) wrote:

    >I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    >over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    >my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    >Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    >later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    >Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    >luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    >costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)

be careful they use their teeth to castrate their herds.
--
Martin

Re: Baggage Question
 

luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-
"Rag" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected] om...
    > I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    > over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    > my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    > Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    > later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    > Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    > luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    > costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)

Re: Baggage Question
 

Except that the airline has the option to redirect it at random.

tile wrote:

    > luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-
    > "Rag" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
    > news:[email protected] om...
    >
    >>I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    >>over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    >>my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    >>Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    >>later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    >>Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    >>luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    >>costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)
    >
    >
    >

Re: Baggage Question
 

tile wrote:

    > luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-

Which has nothing at all to do with the question the OP
posted! SFAIK, everywhere you go but to the U.S., you are
allowed to check your luggage through to your final
destination. It is only due to the oddities of U.S. air
terminals that you must claim your luggage at first
touchdown here, regardless of destination.

Re: Baggage Question
 

Frank F. Matthews wrote:

    > Except that the airline has the option to redirect it at random.

LOL! I well remember the plight of a couple of fellow
tourgroup members, my first trip to Europe. We all left Los
Angeles on the same KLM flight, bound for Prague, with a
change at Schipol. Everyone else reclaimed their luggage in
Prague without incident. Theirs traveled by way of North
Africa. ;-(

    >
    > tile wrote:
    >
    >> luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-
    >> "Rag" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
    >> news:[email protected] om...
    >>> I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    >>> over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    >>> my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    >>> Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    >>> later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    >>> Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    >>> luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    >>> costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)
    >

Re: Baggage Question
 

If you wait for two days before going on to India, your luggage will sit
in unclaimed luggage in India for those two days. But before anyone
picks it up and takes it to unclaimed luggage, it will first go round
and round on the luggage carousel which is just asking for it to be
taken by someone else. It's happened to me- and I was only 20 minutes
later than the others claiming thier luggage.

Susan

Rag wrote:

    > I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    > over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    > my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    > Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    > later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    > Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    > luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    > costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)

Re: Baggage Question
 

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:45:54 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Frank F. Matthews wrote:
    >> Except that the airline has the option to redirect it at random.
    >LOL! I well remember the plight of a couple of fellow
    >tourgroup members, my first trip to Europe. We all left Los
    >Angeles on the same KLM flight, bound for Prague, with a
    >change at Schipol. Everyone else reclaimed their luggage in
    >Prague without incident. Theirs traveled by way of North
    >Africa. ;-(

LOL

and the colleague, who flew with KLM for a golfing week in Portugal.
His golf clubs never got there and they were returned to him a week
after he got back to NL.
--
Martin

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"Rag" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] om...
    >I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    > over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    > my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    > Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    > later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    > Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    > luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    > costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)

If you are flying on the same ticket you will be able to check your baggage
all the way through, as is the case with most (all?) countries except the
United States.

Re: Baggage Question
 

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > tile wrote:
    >> luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-
    > Which has nothing at all to do with the question the OP posted!

Nor has your answer !

    > SFAIK, everywhere you go but to the U.S., you are allowed to check your
    > luggage through to your final destination.

Incorrect, anywhere you switch to domestic air travel
there's a good possibility you'll have to clear customs.
When flying to Darwin via Sydney I had to colelct my bags
and clear customs at SYD

    > It is only due to the oddities of U.S. air terminals that you must claim
    > your luggage at first touchdown here, regardless of destination.

Not true and the OP specified a 2 DAY stopover, I dont
think interline agreements cover that.

Keith

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"Mark Hewitt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Rag" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected] om...
    >>I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    >> over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    >> my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    >> Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    >> later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    >> Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    >> luggage all over stockholm. Boy will I give the LAPP with their
    >> costume a run for the money( see "Stockholm in december" question)
    > If you are flying on the same ticket you will be able to check your
    > baggage all the way through, as is the case with most (all?) countries
    > except the United States.

Not with a 2 day stopover you cant. He'll have to pick up his luggage
and take it to the hotel he's staying at.

Keith

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"Susan Wachob" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
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    > If you wait for two days before going on to India, your luggage will sit
    > in unclaimed luggage in India for those two days.
But you can't have your luggage through checked this way with a two day
stopover.
It's checked to Stockholm and must be claimed there.

Re: Baggage Question
 

"Rag" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
news:[email protected] om...
    >I am flying with my family from New York to Chennai,India with a stop
    > over at Stockholm two days. I am flying Malaysia airline. Can I check
    > my luggage directly to India or do I have to get the luggage at
    > Stockholm, go through the custom and recheck on the way out. If the
    > later is the case, is there a place to leave the luggage at the
    > Arlanda airport and how much does it costs, or do i have to schelp the
    > luggage all over stockholm.
Sorry in this case the luggage must be checked and claimed in Stockholm.
There's a manual left luggage service in Terminal 5 level 1," CIVAS
Terminalservice".
Cost for one piece of luggage two days is 80SEK (11USD). Sounds a
reasonable price, I paid more than so for a few hours service at Waterloo
stn London.

Re: Baggage Question
 

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > tile wrote:
    > > luggage must always be on the same flight with the passenger.-
    > Which has nothing at all to do with the question the OP
    > posted! SFAIK, everywhere you go but to the U.S., you are
    > allowed to check your luggage through to your final
    > destination. It is only due to the oddities of U.S. air
    > terminals that you must claim your luggage at first
    > touchdown here, regardless of destination.

Your luggage is checked through to your finale destination. You semi claim
your luggage. You are connected with the luggage in a secure area, and go
through customs and immigration. Then the airline gets your baggage and
hopefully loads it on the correct plane. How else are they going to know
you came in from a foreign country? And not all airports are international
airports. If not international, there is no customs or immigration.

Re: Baggage Question
 

Calif Bill wrote:

    >
    >
    > Your luggage is checked through to your finale destination. You semi claim
    > your luggage. You are connected with the luggage in a secure area, and go
    > through customs and immigration. Then the airline gets your baggage and
    > hopefully loads it on the correct plane. How else are they going to know
    > you came in from a foreign country? And not all airports are international
    > airports. If not international, there is no customs or immigration.

Precisely the point I was making, if you'll take the trouble
to read my post!