Will luggage be transferred from Heathrow to Gatwick when Shannon is final destination? [closed]

I'm flying into Gatwick and my connection to Shannon is through Heathrow.

Will my luggage be transferred by the airlines as SNN is my final destination?

Best Answer

No. Your luggage will not be transferred as you are connecting on the ground between two different airports. If you are travelling on a single ticket, you will still be protected and able to rebook in case of any inbound delays.

British Airways - by far the largest carrier serving both airports - for example has the following to say:

You must collect all your bags before leaving London Gatwick.

and, in case you've not made that journey before:

London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports are located approximately 30 miles apart. The recommended minimum connecting time between Gatwick and Heathrow is 3 hours.

The best way to travel direct between Gatwick and Heathrow is to take a National Express coach. It is fast, frequent, safe, reliable and great value for money.

It's quite hard to find a definitive source for any particular airline or airline pair (I assume the latter is more accurate in your case, as you'll be flying out to Shannon with Aer Lingus, and unless you're doing a very strange routing, you're not flying into Gatwick with them!). However, I think this is the kind of case where if this service was provided by an airline or alliance, they'd be shouting it from the rooftops as a differentiator against BA.

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Will my luggage go straight through to the final destination?

If your flights were booked under one ticket, your bags will be checked through to your final destination. If your flights were booked under separate tickets, you will need to collect your bags and recheck them before your connecting flight.

Do bags automatically transfer for connecting flights?

Unless the connecting flight takes place in a country that requires all passengers to go through Immigration and Customs, checked baggage will automatically be transferred to the next flight.

Do I have to pick up my luggage on a connecting international flight?

If you're connecting in the U.S., they require everyone from international flights to re-check their baggage upon the first landing point.

Can I check baggage through to final destination different airlines?

The Basics. Good news first: in principle, it is possible to have your luggage checked through to your final destination, even if you have two separate tickets. But all airlines that are involved in your trip must have some kind of cooperation. There are various forms of agreements between airlines.

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