connecting flights

[janetwalsh13]

I have to get connecting flights for my holiday. I have only been going abroad for 2 years and this is the first time I need to get connecting flights. do i have to collect my luggage and go to check in at the intermediate airport or do they move the luggage to the next plane for you. do i need to go to check in or does the ticket i get at the first airport do me????? Please help I am very anxious about this.

[237SJ]

It depends where you are going and whether your are changing airlines. If you`re going to another country and then getting a connecting flight within that country, you usually have to collect your bag and clear it through customs at your first point of entry.

[KARL]

Generally, if you are travelling with a "mainstream" airline (BA, British Midland, Air France, Virgin, KLM, Lufthansa, Iberia, etc., etc.) then you will be guaranteed an onward connection and you will be given the option of checking your bag(s) through to your destination - you would not have to deal with them from initial check-in to arrival at your final destination. If you are travelling by a budget airline (Easyjet, Ryanair, Air Berlin, German Wings, BMI Baby, etc., etc.) you will not be guaranteed a connection (if your first flight is late causing you to miss your second - tough) and you will not be able to check your bag(s) through - you must collect the baggage at the end of each successive leg and re-check in.

[jno]

what's the airline? Or airlines?

[janetwalsh13]

jno - flying with KLM airlines from Glasgow to Rome, via Amsterdam

[dzug2]

In that case your baggage withh be checked through. Pick it up in Rome

[janetwalsh13]

thanks to everyone for your answers, they've been a great help x