Bucharest-Athens-Santorini connection flight and procedures
It's my first time when I booked a multi-stage flight, essentially in the same reservation I bought a ticket from Bucharest (OTP) to Santorini (JTR) via Athens (ATH), so OTP-ATH-JTR. So two flights under the same booking reference number (PNR) as Aegean Airlines call it.
Only cabin luggage, no checked-in bags.
Company: Aegean.
The JTR flight leaves after 4.5 hrs after I land in ATH, so plenty of time to go around (I don't know how big ATH is, but it shouldn't matter), but I'm unsure what steps should I take to board my connecting flight in ATH to JTR.
The check-in process, is it the same? 48 hrs before the flights. Will I have to do the check-in for each flight? After I arrive in Athens, my ID will be checked, then what? Usually, this is the step where I look for the exit signs in order to find my transfer to the hotel (or the place to get my checked-in bags, but this time there are none).
Any gotchas I should be aware of?
Optional: I'm not sure if we remain in "international space" or in Athens we enter Greece to board a domestic flight... not sure if it matters anyway, but nice to know.
Best Answer
Let me add two more things
- Yes, you should get both boarding passes, but sometimes for some reasons you cannot get the second one. Ask where you can get the second one (most likely a transfer desk in ATH, also ask directly when leaving the plane any staff where the transfer desk is).
- If you travel hand-luggage only keep in mind what can and cannot be brought onto the plane (this is of course general, and not transfer specific)
- Also (maybe this hasnt happened to you yet) Sometimes the plane is very full and at the gate you might be asked to hand over your hand-luggage, they will put it in the luggage storage (dont know the word) of the plane and usually you pick it up after landing next to the airplane (if a bus is bringing you to the terminal). Since in this case dont put your valuables inside the luggage (so pack that the valuable can be separated)
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