Connecting Flights?

[Octavius]

Hello All,

I've got two flights booked in December, one to go home for Christmas, one to come back for the new semester for school.

In order to keep costs down, I opted to connect through another airport each way (cut the price down by about half).

Unfortunately, I've never in my life had a connecting flight and I'm not the slightest bit sure how it works.

What happens when I land at the connecting city's airport? What happens to my luggage loaded on that plane?

Thanks in advance.

[Badger]

If you are traveling on the same carrier and on the same itinerary on your one way trip, your checked baggage will arrive at the baggage claim area of your final destination.

The carrier takes care of it.

[Ethan15]

Hello All,

I've got two flights booked in December, one to go home for Christmas, one to come back for the new semester for school.

In order to keep costs down, I opted to connect through another airport each way (cut the price down by about half).

Unfortunately, I've never in my life had a connecting flight and I'm not the slightest bit sure how it works.

What happens when I land at the connecting city's airport? What happens to my luggage loaded on that plane?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I remember if you do stop at US Airports that you need to take it out on the first US city that you had stopover? is this just for when your final city destination involving US cities?

Please be aware that some stopover require that you change terminal. Make sure that there is sufficient time to make connecting flights. Note that if you buy the ticket separately through an agent, I dont think this can be considered a "legal connection" meaning that if you missed the flight then you'll be one unlucky guy. On the contrary, if you purchase this ticket through an airline site then this would be legal connection. If someone can enlighten me on this one, I would surely like to know if Im right

[Shaner]

As long as it's one itinerary your luggage will go to your final destination. You won't have to claim it and then recheck it when you switch planes.

[Octavius]

If you are traveling on the same carrier and on the same itinerary on your one way trip, your checked baggage will arrive at the baggage claim area of your final destination.

The carrier takes care of it.

I'm traveling on the same carrier each way, I booked the flights through the carrier's website and I'm not connecting through the US.

Good to see my checked baggage will end up at the right place without me having to do anything. What about myself? I imagine I'll have to go to another terminal and get another boarding pass for my next flight? Right?

I believe I have an hour between my connecting flights.

[l69norm]

The only exception is if you are arriving from the another country into Canada and then connecting onto a flight to somewhere else in Canada (i.e. Amsterdam->GTA->Ottawa)

In this case, your checked baggage doesn't automatically move to the next flight. You have to claim your baggage in the Customs area, clear Customs, then place your bag onto the luggage belt for connecting flights.

[pitz]

If its a purely domestic itinerary on the same carrier, and you bought it all on the same ticket, then your bags will be automatically put onto the onwards flight.

[mr_toast]

In experience, if you pass the baggage claim before seeing a sign for connections, you need to pick up your bags, regardless of carrier.

[golfer29]

you will be given all boarding passes before getting on the first flight. For example, if you are flying Ottawa->Toronto->Vancouver on one itinerary, you will get 2 boarding passes before you get on the plane - one for Ottawa->Toronto and one for Toronto->Vancouver. When you arrive in at your connecting airport (Toronto in this example), check the screens to see what gate you need for your second flight and then go to that gate. Your bags will be checked all the way through (to Vancouver in this example) so no need to worry about this at the connecting airport

[Badger]

I'm traveling on the same carrier each way, I booked the flights through the carrier's website and I'm not connecting through the US.

Good to see my checked baggage will end up at the right place without me having to do anything. What about myself? I imagine I'll have to go to another terminal and get another boarding pass for my next flight? Right?

I believe I have an hour between my connecting flights.

I guess the others have said it already. You will get all of your boarding pass at the origin airport. So if you are flying from YYZ-YEG-YYC. Then you will get your boarding pass for the YYZ-YEG and YEG-YYC at the YYZ airport.

[silentpayne]

I'm traveling on the same carrier each way, I booked the flights through the carrier's website and I'm not connecting through the US.

Good to see my checked baggage will end up at the right place without me having to do anything. What about myself? I imagine I'll have to go to another terminal and get another boarding pass for my next flight? Right?

I believe I have an hour between my connecting flights.

If it's with the same carrier, you will/should get your 2nd boarding pass at the very beginning. If you are arriving from an international flight, then you need to get your luggage through customs first and drop them on to a belt at the carrier's service desk. It would be helpful if you state where you start/transit/end. Then you can probably get exact instructions. Most airport/airline websites will have a page for transiting instructions as well.