Baggage transfer international flight with missed connection and airline changed

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I am travelling from US to India via Air France - CMH--->DTW--->CDG--->IGI. but due to some technical difficulties in plane I missed the connecting flight. Now AirFrance has given me another ticket of AI flight late in night to IGI. I need to know how my baggage would be transferred as the AI terminal is far from the AirFrance terminal i had to take a train and bus to reach the AI terminal in CDG.



Best Answer

Baggage transfers are handled using trailers hauled by small motorized tractors. These vehicles can easily travel between terminals. There could be a baggage conveyor system connecting the terminals, but if there is not, your bags will be taken in this or another sort of vehicle.

In case your baggage does not get to the flight you are on, it will be sent on a later flight and, generally, delivered to you.




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What happens to your luggage if you miss your connecting flight?

What happens to your luggage if you miss your flight? In the event that you missed a connection, or got held up in security and your checked luggage has gone ahead without you, immediately find an airline representative. The airline may be able to track your bags and hold them for you until your arrival.

Do bags automatically get transferred connecting flight?

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 you have to recheck baggage on connecting flights International?

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



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