AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Hubby is enroute from AMS to DTW at the moment, but it looks like he may be delayed.
Does anyone know if you have to pick up luggage, do the transit belt thing and go back through security as you do in Atlanta, or do your checked bags go right through? I think he'll miss his connecting flight if he has to do all that.:unsure: We've only been in and out of ATL the last couple of years so not sure if it's the same at every airport. |
Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist
(Post 10124214)
Hubby is enroute from AMS to DTW at the moment, but it looks like he may be delayed.
Does anyone know if you have to pick up luggage, do the transit belt thing and go back through security as you do in Atlanta, or do your checked bags go right through? I think he'll miss his connecting flight if he has to do all that.:unsure: We've only been in and out of ATL the last couple of years so not sure if it's the same at every airport. |
Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10124226)
You always have to go through immigration...collect your bags and go through customs on the first landing on US soil. The remaining flight/flights within the US are then classed as domestic...therefore no more immigration or customs to go through.
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist
(Post 10124227)
so back through security again?
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10124248)
I would think so as he will have left the secured area after clearing imm and customs.
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist
(Post 10124252)
Ok, that's what I figured. Well, I'll get on and find him a hotel there for the night!
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10124325)
If it's the airline's fault he misses his connecting flight, shouldn't they be the ones that organize travel and accomodation? If he walked away at ATL without checking with airline staff first, he might lose his ticket from ATL-DTW and have to pay again.
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10124325)
If it's the airline's fault he misses his connecting flight, shouldn't they be the ones that organize travel and accomodation? If he walked away at ATL without checking with airline staff first, he might lose his ticket from ATL-DTW and have to pay again.
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10124331)
I don't think any US airlines will do that..
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10124463)
Really? It's been a while since it last happened to me (CO@IAH; dinner, hotel, and breakfast) but assumed it was still done.
Mind you, she's been commuting weekly all year and the last few weeks they've made her miss her connection every single week so maybe they're feeling sorry for her! |
Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad
(Post 10126467)
Wife got it last Friday night in Atlanta (en route from Chattanooga to Houston with Delta) - overnight hotel and meal vouchers.
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Maybe JG is just unlucky!
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Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 10127633)
Maybe JG is just unlucky!
I thought I'd read/heard that it was not US airlines policy...unlike Euro airlines. |
Re: AMS - Detroit - luggage?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10127671)
I don't do connecting flights. :D
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10127671)
I thought I'd read/heard that it was not US airlines policy...unlike Euro airlines.
My worry was that the OP's spouse would walk away from whatever the airline might have already arranged and end up effectively missing the flight and having to pay out again. |
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