Do I need to manually take my luggage from one plane to the next?
I'm flying to Izmir, Turkey, in a few weeks, but I don't know anything about how flying works.
I have booked a ticket with Pegasus airlines, and fly:
- From Schiphol (NL) to Istanbul (TK)
- I have a 1 hour wait in Istanbul
- Fly from Istanbul to Izmir
So now I wonder if I need to manually retrieve my luggage from the Schiphol-Istanbul plane and bring it somewhere to be put on the Istanbul-Izmir plane?
Because I only have 1 hour in between, I wonder if I will have enough time to handle transferring the luggage?
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Do I need to pick up my baggage between connecting flights?
If your bag is tagged to your next or final destination, you may need to pick up your bags and place them on the connection drop-off belt. If it is not tagged to your next or final destination, then you will definitely need to pick up your bags and check them in for your next flight.How do I transfer my luggage from one flight to another?
You can go to the check-in counter staff and show your tickets for both the sectors to them. If it is possible, they will check-in for both the flights and add two different tags to your baggage. You will also get two boarding passes. The baggage will be directly transferred to your final destination by the airline.Do I need to take my luggage in transit?
That depends. If you booked the flights together at the same time, luggage will usually be "checked through" to your final destination. If you booked them separately, especially if it's different airlines, you'll probably have to pick up your luggage and check it in again.Don't Put Coffee In Your Luggage and 23 Other Tips
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