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I have a flight with Delta from Philadelphia to Atlanta (19:18 to 21:47), and then a flight with KLM from Atlanta to Amsterdam (22:40 to 12:55).

I am very concerned about the short layover and the possibility that (since I spoke with Delta and KLM and they said my luggage can have its destination designated as Amsterdam so I don't need to re-check my luggage in Atlanta) the baggage teams will not have adequate time to get my luggage to my next flight.

Is this a valid concern? If so, what is my best option? Ask to re-check my own luggage at Atlanta? Look into getting an earlier first flight to extend my layover time?

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  Baggage drop-off will close 1 hour before your flight departs from ATL, so re-checking your own bags isn't an option (and that's just one of the reasons it would be a bad idea)
  
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I have a flight with Delta from Philadelphia to Atlanta (19:18 to 21:47), and then a flight with KLM from Atlanta to Amsterdam (22:40 to 12:55).

I am very concerned about the short layover and the possibility that (since I spoke with Delta and KLM and they said my luggage can have its destination designated as Amsterdam so I don't need to re-check my luggage in Atlanta) the baggage teams will not have adequate time to get my luggage to my next flight.

Is this a valid concern? If so, what is my best option? Ask to re-check my own luggage at Atlanta? Look into getting an earlier first flight to extend my layover time?

Cheers

luggage layovers

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  Baggage drop-off will close 1 hour before your flight departs from ATL, so re-checking your own bags isn't an option (and that's just one of the reasons it would be a bad idea)
  
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  The OP should also check when they need to be at the gate for the KLM flight.
  
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I have a flight with Delta from Philadelphia to Atlanta (19:18 to 21:47), and then a flight with KLM from Atlanta to Amsterdam (22:40 to 12:55).

I am very concerned about the short layover and the possibility that (since I spoke with Delta and KLM and they said my luggage can have its destination designated as Amsterdam so I don't need to re-check my luggage in Atlanta) the baggage teams will not have adequate time to get my luggage to my next flight.

Is this a valid concern? If so, what is my best option? Ask to re-check my own luggage at Atlanta? Look into getting an earlier first flight to extend my layover time?

Cheers

luggage layovers

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With a connection time of slightly under an hour, you're right that it's a possibility your bags won't make the connection.

It's quite likely that your bags will be labelled (or marked in the electronic tracking system) as "hot", meaning "get this bag off the plane and onto the connecting flight ASAP".

Re-checking your own luggage at Atlanta probably wouldn't help, if anything it would make things slower, as you'd have to wait for your luggage, queue up to drop it off then possibly re-clear security.

Changing your first flight might help, but it's important to remember that nothing will guarantee that your bag makes the connection. If it doesn't, the airline will usually deliver it (at their expense) to wherever you're staying, so as long as you can go a day or two without your bag, you'll be fine.

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  The key is to plan to be without checked bags for a day or two. Keep a change of clothing and anything you need every day and cannot easily replace, such as prescription medications, in your carry-on.
  
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  You should always plan to survive a few days without your luggage, even when you have normal and long layovers.
  
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  @HenningMakholm You are absolutely right, I made a wrong assumption, so I will remove my answer (I just put my comment here so at least you know). Thanks for the valid remark.
  
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  I agree with @Willeke - be prepared for separation from your checked luggage regardless of layover time etc.
  
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Frankly, there's not much you CAN do, and I would advise against re-checking your own luggage as this would make your connection tighter.

Personally, I have had some really tight connections at busy hubs (50 min at DUB in Dublin, 1 hr at JFK in New York, and 1.25 hr at LHR in London) and I have never had any issues. Missed connections for luggage are the exceptions, most of the time it works seamlessly. Enjoy your trip and don't worry about it! :)

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It is a valid concern.

Landing in Atlanta, checked bags will be unloaded and sorted. Only those with final destination Atlanta will be brought to a baggage carousel. Bags checked for a connecting flight will be taken from plane to plane.

Unloading, sorting and loading with some transporting in between will of course take a little while, but in some cases this is completed before passengers have disembarked.

There is never any guarantee that bags will make a connection, but a longer layover does increase the chances. A 53-minute connection will work under normal circumstances, but your chances would be far better will an additional hour or so, especially if your first flight is slightly delayed. Also consider that a short connection also increases the risk of you missing your connecting flight.

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You can find baggage trackers online, GPS or bluetooth, with the latter being shorter range.

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  Even if such a device reliably does what it's supposed to (which it seems they don't) it won't help the OP. It might tell him where his delayed baggage is, but what he hopes for is a way to avoid it getting delayed in the first place. After all the airline will usually know perfectly well where the bag is; they track such things themselves.
  
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  The OP will know what is going on and can bring the issue to the staff asap. And they won't work worldwide but they will work in major cities, like where airplanes land.
  
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  Again: What for? The airline (or its handling agents) will know perfectly well where the bag is, and that it's not making it. They don't need to be told by the OP. Are you imagining that the bag is accidentally misplaced by baggage sorters, and that the OP would be able to divine this from a set of real-time GPS coordinates, and alert somebody in time for it to be picked out and taken to his flight? How on earth would he even know which precise place in the airport's (not publicly accessible) bag sorting system is the right place for it to be and which is wrong??
  
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  I'm saying that the OP's question is how he can avoid his bag being delayed. Your proposed "soluiton" will not do anything at all, zero, nada, zilch to achieve that. If you're in an airport and your bag does not show up because it didn't make it onto the flight you arrived on (which, I repeat once again, is the situation the OP wants to avoid), then no amount of knowledge in the world can retroactively make it had made it onto his flight.
  
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  Also, by the time that "the right place for the baggage to be is on the plane", it is too late to "being the issue to the staff", at least if you suppose that will have any effect.
  
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With a connection time of slightly under an hour, you're right that it's a possibility your bags won't make the connection.

It's quite likely that your bags will be labelled (or marked in the electronic tracking system) as "hot", meaning "get this bag off the plane and onto the connecting flight ASAP".

Re-checking your own luggage at Atlanta probably wouldn't help, if anything it would make things slower, as you'd have to wait for your luggage, queue up to drop it off then possibly re-clear security.

Changing your first flight might help, but it's important to remember that nothing will guarantee that your bag makes the connection. If it doesn't, the airline will usually deliver it (at their expense) to wherever you're staying, so as long as you can go a day or two without your bag, you'll be fine.

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answered 9 hours ago

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  The key is to plan to be without checked bags for a day or two. Keep a change of clothing and anything you need every day and cannot easily replace, such as prescription medications, in your carry-on.
  
  – Patricia Shanahan
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You should always plan to survive a few days without your luggage, even when you have normal and long layovers.
  
  – Willeke♦
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @HenningMakholm You are absolutely right, I made a wrong assumption, so I will remove my answer (I just put my comment here so at least you know). Thanks for the valid remark.
  
  – Michel Keijzers
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I agree with @Willeke - be prepared for separation from your checked luggage regardless of layover time etc.
  
  – Patricia Shanahan
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

8

With a connection time of slightly under an hour, you're right that it's a possibility your bags won't make the connection.

It's quite likely that your bags will be labelled (or marked in the electronic tracking system) as "hot", meaning "get this bag off the plane and onto the connecting flight ASAP".

Re-checking your own luggage at Atlanta probably wouldn't help, if anything it would make things slower, as you'd have to wait for your luggage, queue up to drop it off then possibly re-clear security.

Changing your first flight might help, but it's important to remember that nothing will guarantee that your bag makes the connection. If it doesn't, the airline will usually deliver it (at their expense) to wherever you're staying, so as long as you can go a day or two without your bag, you'll be fine.

share|improve this answer

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  The key is to plan to be without checked bags for a day or two. Keep a change of clothing and anything you need every day and cannot easily replace, such as prescription medications, in your carry-on.
  
  – Patricia Shanahan
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You should always plan to survive a few days without your luggage, even when you have normal and long layovers.
  
  – Willeke♦
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @HenningMakholm You are absolutely right, I made a wrong assumption, so I will remove my answer (I just put my comment here so at least you know). Thanks for the valid remark.
  
  – Michel Keijzers
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I agree with @Willeke - be prepared for separation from your checked luggage regardless of layover time etc.
  
  – Patricia Shanahan
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

With a connection time of slightly under an hour, you're right that it's a possibility your bags won't make the connection.

It's quite likely that your bags will be labelled (or marked in the electronic tracking system) as "hot", meaning "get this bag off the plane and onto the connecting flight ASAP".

Re-checking your own luggage at Atlanta probably wouldn't help, if anything it would make things slower, as you'd have to wait for your luggage, queue up to drop it off then possibly re-clear security.

Changing your first flight might help, but it's important to remember that nothing will guarantee that your bag makes the connection. If it doesn't, the airline will usually deliver it (at their expense) to wherever you're staying, so as long as you can go a day or two without your bag, you'll be fine.

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Frankly, there's not much you CAN do, and I would advise against re-checking your own luggage as this would make your connection tighter.

Personally, I have had some really tight connections at busy hubs (50 min at DUB in Dublin, 1 hr at JFK in New York, and 1.25 hr at LHR in London) and I have never had any issues. Missed connections for luggage are the exceptions, most of the time it works seamlessly. Enjoy your trip and don't worry about it! :)

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Frankly, there's not much you CAN do, and I would advise against re-checking your own luggage as this would make your connection tighter.

Personally, I have had some really tight connections at busy hubs (50 min at DUB in Dublin, 1 hr at JFK in New York, and 1.25 hr at LHR in London) and I have never had any issues. Missed connections for luggage are the exceptions, most of the time it works seamlessly. Enjoy your trip and don't worry about it! :)

share|improve this answer

answered 7 hours ago

OzzyOzzy

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Frankly, there's not much you CAN do, and I would advise against re-checking your own luggage as this would make your connection tighter.

Personally, I have had some really tight connections at busy hubs (50 min at DUB in Dublin, 1 hr at JFK in New York, and 1.25 hr at LHR in London) and I have never had any issues. Missed connections for luggage are the exceptions, most of the time it works seamlessly. Enjoy your trip and don't worry about it! :)

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answered 7 hours ago

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It is a valid concern.

Landing in Atlanta, checked bags will be unloaded and sorted. Only those with final destination Atlanta will be brought to a baggage carousel. Bags checked for a connecting flight will be taken from plane to plane.

Unloading, sorting and loading with some transporting in between will of course take a little while, but in some cases this is completed before passengers have disembarked.

There is never any guarantee that bags will make a connection, but a longer layover does increase the chances. A 53-minute connection will work under normal circumstances, but your chances would be far better will an additional hour or so, especially if your first flight is slightly delayed. Also consider that a short connection also increases the risk of you missing your connecting flight.

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It is a valid concern.

Landing in Atlanta, checked bags will be unloaded and sorted. Only those with final destination Atlanta will be brought to a baggage carousel. Bags checked for a connecting flight will be taken from plane to plane.

Unloading, sorting and loading with some transporting in between will of course take a little while, but in some cases this is completed before passengers have disembarked.

There is never any guarantee that bags will make a connection, but a longer layover does increase the chances. A 53-minute connection will work under normal circumstances, but your chances would be far better will an additional hour or so, especially if your first flight is slightly delayed. Also consider that a short connection also increases the risk of you missing your connecting flight.

share|improve this answer

answered 7 hours ago

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It is a valid concern.

Landing in Atlanta, checked bags will be unloaded and sorted. Only those with final destination Atlanta will be brought to a baggage carousel. Bags checked for a connecting flight will be taken from plane to plane.

Unloading, sorting and loading with some transporting in between will of course take a little while, but in some cases this is completed before passengers have disembarked.

There is never any guarantee that bags will make a connection, but a longer layover does increase the chances. A 53-minute connection will work under normal circumstances, but your chances would be far better will an additional hour or so, especially if your first flight is slightly delayed. Also consider that a short connection also increases the risk of you missing your connecting flight.

share|improve this answer

answered 7 hours ago

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You can find baggage trackers online, GPS or bluetooth, with the latter being shorter range.

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  Even if such a device reliably does what it's supposed to (which it seems they don't) it won't help the OP. It might tell him where his delayed baggage is, but what he hopes for is a way to avoid it getting delayed in the first place. After all the airline will usually know perfectly well where the bag is; they track such things themselves.
  
  – Henning Makholm
  54 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The OP will know what is going on and can bring the issue to the staff asap. And they won't work worldwide but they will work in major cities, like where airplanes land.
  
  – user47014
  48 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Again: What for? The airline (or its handling agents) will know perfectly well where the bag is, and that it's not making it. They don't need to be told by the OP. Are you imagining that the bag is accidentally misplaced by baggage sorters, and that the OP would be able to divine this from a set of real-time GPS coordinates, and alert somebody in time for it to be picked out and taken to his flight? How on earth would he even know which precise place in the airport's (not publicly accessible) bag sorting system is the right place for it to be and which is wrong??
  
  – Henning Makholm
  43 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I'm saying that the OP's question is how he can avoid his bag being delayed. Your proposed "soluiton" will not do anything at all, zero, nada, zilch to achieve that. If you're in an airport and your bag does not show up because it didn't make it onto the flight you arrived on (which, I repeat once again, is the situation the OP wants to avoid), then no amount of knowledge in the world can retroactively make it had made it onto his flight.
  
  – Henning Makholm
  24 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Also, by the time that "the right place for the baggage to be is on the plane", it is too late to "being the issue to the staff", at least if you suppose that will have any effect.
  
  – Henning Makholm
  23 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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You can find baggage trackers online, GPS or bluetooth, with the latter being shorter range.

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  Even if such a device reliably does what it's supposed to (which it seems they don't) it won't help the OP. It might tell him where his delayed baggage is, but what he hopes for is a way to avoid it getting delayed in the first place. After all the airline will usually know perfectly well where the bag is; they track such things themselves.
  
  – Henning Makholm
  54 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The OP will know what is going on and can bring the issue to the staff asap. And they won't work worldwide but they will work in major cities, like where airplanes land.
  
  – user47014
  48 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Again: What for? The airline (or its handling agents) will know perfectly well where the bag is, and that it's not making it. They don't need to be told by the OP. Are you imagining that the bag is accidentally misplaced by baggage sorters, and that the OP would be able to divine this from a set of real-time GPS coordinates, and alert somebody in time for it to be picked out and taken to his flight? How on earth would he even know which precise place in the airport's (not publicly accessible) bag sorting system is the right place for it to be and which is wrong??
  
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  I'm saying that the OP's question is how he can avoid his bag being delayed. Your proposed "soluiton" will not do anything at all, zero, nada, zilch to achieve that. If you're in an airport and your bag does not show up because it didn't make it onto the flight you arrived on (which, I repeat once again, is the situation the OP wants to avoid), then no amount of knowledge in the world can retroactively make it had made it onto his flight.
  
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You can find baggage trackers online, GPS or bluetooth, with the latter being shorter range.

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