Hi there,
Just wondering if anyone is aware if it is possible to check in for only the first leg of a connecting flight, and perform a check in later for second leg at the airport again?
I’ve always had both boarding passes issued at the same time if it’s a connecting flight but wondering if the above can be done? Thanks.
I know it sounds counter intuitive. It is due to a passport situation, in short.
Skiplagging? Don't think it matters if you have boarding passes for both sectors.
Not skiplagging but just want to check in separately so that the passport issue, does not become an issue
So you want to go landside while you're in-transit?
And with bags?
@Islelone: Still don't understand why it matters if you've been issued a boarding pass for the second sector?
@Islelone: I'm not an airline employee, just a traveller. If you've been ticketed to a destination with one carrier, they always issue boarding passes for all sectors, at least to account for your checked bags if not for other operational reasons.
Dual passport issue?
That is the case
You'll need to buy separate tickets. Not connecting tickets.
Ah I see. Thanks
As long as the name matches you can usually change to the alternative passport when passing through immigration at the final destination. I do this any time I fly home, the only time it ever flagged as an issue was when I flipped to my EU passport and scanned it in a machine at Amsterdam airport to find my departure gate.
It didn't cause much of an issue anyway, I just showed the airline staff both passports. They only cared about me being able to enter the country of final destination.
Normally the check in staff at the first airport will verify your validity to fly to both destinations before you take first sector. You leave Australia with the passport you arrived on or your Australian passport if you have one.
You can use any passport that works at your final destination, however if you hold a passport for that country you have to use that one.
From my own experience, no you don't. You can use either passport on entering the country. It's just often easier to use the final destination one, if you have it.
They can't do it. If it's a single tkt then it'll auto checkin and provide boarding passes. It's not a manual thing that staff can split. Normally it'll provide the boarding passes for all flights over 24hr from memory.
The only exception to this is of there's no checkin agreement between the airline for the 1st sector and the international sector.
But they will confirm that you've got the validity for the whole trip, not just a single sector which is probably just a domestic flight.
I get you have dual passports but why would you need to split checkin? I don't see the advantage.
Some countries don't allow dual passports, and the OP doesn't want the other country to know he has more than one. This is well-known to most Chinese people. Usually, they must book separate tickets and use a visa-free country for the transit.
Just use your other passport on check in so they don’t ask about a visa and then put it back in your pocket and give your other one to immigration when leaving Australia (or wherever)
Airline employee get in a lot of shit if they let you on a plane without a visa to the final destination because if you get stuck the airline has to take you back, so they’re unlikely to just give you one boarding pass and take your word for it
Just wondering if anyone is aware if it is possible to check in for only the first leg of a connecting flight, and perform a check in later for second leg at the airport again?
Nope, you'll have to have two separate flights to do this.
Why would you want to? Planning on checking in some extra bags for a bit of cash at the final destination?