Spanair is part of the Star Alliance, Delta is not. The luggage will
only be checked through if Spanair is able to issue a boarding pass for
the flight with Delta. Any chance of rebooking the first leg? There are
something like 20 flights a day from Barcelona to Madrid.
T.
Rick wrote:
> One ticket, one contract. Booked through priceline...
>
>
> "Graham Harrison"
> wrote in message news:g6OdnYRzXoHOm4XVnZ2dnUVZ8umdnZ2d@bt.com...
>>
>> "Rick" wrote in message
>> news:f4PRj.1885$506.1801@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
>>> My daughter is currently in Barcelona on vacation. She will be
>>> returning to
>>> the USA on a SpanAir flight that flies from Barcelona to Madrid, and
>>> then
>>> she will change planes and board a Delta flight that will return her
>>> to the
>>> states. The connection time in Madrid is one hour and ten minutes.
>>>
>>> When she checks in on the SpanAir flight in Barcelona, will her
>>> luggage be
>>> checked all the way back to the US? Or will she have to retrieve her
>>> luggage in Madrid and have to check her luggage again in Madrid? If the
>>> latter, is the 70-minute layover between landing and departure in Madrid
>>> sufficient?
>>>
>>> If the connection is too tight, would it be better for her to take a
>>> bus or
>>> train from Barcelona to Madrid and forget the first leg of the
>>> flight? If
>>> she does this without notifying the airlines, will Delta cancel their
>>> portion of the flight? She is already ticketed and has her tickets.
>>>
>>
>> You say "She is already ticketed and has her tickets". Does this
>> mean she has two tickets? If that is the case then I would be very
>> nervous about that connection. On the other hand, if the flights are
>> both part of the same ticket I would expect Spanair in Barcelona to
>> tag the bag through to the US and maybe even issue the boarding pass
>> for the flight from Madrid. Should the Barcelona/Madrid flight be
>> delayed and she is on one ticket Spanair has responsibility for
>> finding her an alternative flight home - if it's two tickets she is on
>> her own and effectively depending on Delta being nice to her.
>>
>> What it bolis down to is 2 tickets = 2 contracts. 1 ticket = 1
>> contract.
>>
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