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CONNECTING FLIGHTS

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Passengers who have booked connecting flights that appear on the same ticket can usually be through checked with their baggage to their final destination.

At some airports however you are required to collect your baggage and clear customs - even though your baggage may be tagged for to your final destination. See below for details.

Passengers who have arranged connecting flights using two or more different reservations and hold separate tickets for these flights must collect their baggage at the destination of their Virgin Atlantic flight, clear immigration and customs and re check in with the onward carrier.

Likewise passengers holding separate tickets and checking in with other carriers must collect their baggage, clear customs and then re-check in for their Virgin Atlantic flight.

Please ensure you leave enough time for all these procedures to be completed. Our check in closes 60 minutes before the scheduled departure of the flight and we are unable to make any exceptions.

Passengers on separate tickets without the correct visas or other documentation permitting them to land will not be accepted for travel until they purchase a 'through ticket' or obtain the appropriate visa and/or other documentation.


GLOBAL PASSENGER CONNECTIONS - BAGGAGE

AIRPORT

DOMESTIC

INTERNATIONAL

NOTES

Antigua

No domestic connections within Antigua

Bags automatically transferred to international flights



Barbados

No domestic connections within Barbados

Customers have to reclaim their bags, clear Customs and re-check them with onward carrier.



Boston

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.



Cape Town

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags with onward carrier.



Delhi

Collect bags, clear Customs and take bags to onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.



Dubai

Bags automatically transferred to domestic flights.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.



Newark

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.



Glasgow

Bags automatically transferred to domestic flights.

Bags automatically transferred onto international flights.

Baggage will not be through checked if passenger holds separate ticket for British Midland (BD) and British Airways (BA).

Grenada

No domestic connections within Grenada.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.



Havana

Collect bags, clear Customs. Get taxi to Domestic terminal and check in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to next carrier.

Minimum of 90 minutes between International flights and 2.5 hours for domestic.

Hong Kong

No domestic connections within Hong Kong. Mainland China is International.

Bags automatically transferred to next carrier provided passengers are checked in.



Washington

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.



JFK

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Passengers connecting onto Jet Blue (B6) have to take their baggage with them.

Johannesburg

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.



Kingston

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Through checked baggage with Air Jamaica (JM), passengers do not need to collect bags for domestic and international connections.

Las Vegas

Collect bags, clear Customs. Take bags to main bag drop area.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Take bags to main bag drop area.



Los Angeles

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Customers transferring onto Southwest Airlines (WN) must re-check their bags directly.

Gatwick

Bags automatically transferred to domestic flights.

Bags automatically transferred onto international flights.

Baggage will not be through checked if passenger holds separate ticket for British Midland (BD) and British Airways (BA).

Heathrow

Bags automatically transferred to domestic flights.

Bags automatically transferred onto international flights.

Baggage will not be through checked if passenger holds separate ticket for British Midland (BD) and British Airways (BA).

Lagos

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

No transfer facilities available.

Manchester

Bags automatically transferred to domestic flights.

Bags automatically transferred onto international flights.

Baggage will not be through checked if passenger holds separate ticket for British Midland (BD) and British Airways (BA).

Montego Bay

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Through checked baggage with Air Jamaica (JM), passengers do not need to collect bags for domestic and international connections.

Orlando

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Place bags on transfer belt outside Customs exit.



Miami

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.

If travel commences with American Airlines (AA) and passengers are transitting via MIA to LHR then ITI will not be offered, bags must be collected at MIA.

VS can ITI onto AA via MIA.

Nairobi

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.



Tokyo

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.

Passengers connecting onto JL53 NRT-NGO, baggage will be treated as international.

Chicago

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.



Shanghai

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

No transfer facilities available. All bags must be checked to PVG only.

San Francisco

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.



Sydney

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Bags automatically transferred to international flights.

Qantas (QF) flight numbers 001-399 bags can be checked through.







Passengers proceed to QF transfer desk at Terminal 1 for check-in.







QF flight numbers 400 and above, all bags must be checked to SYD only.

Tobago

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.



St Lucia

No domestic connections within St Lucia. All domestic flights leave from SLU which is 2 hours by road from UVF.

Collect bags, clear Customs. Re-check bags in with onward carrier.




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