Question about flying/airlines?
I booked a flight from Washington, DC to Seattle. I later booked a separate flight flying to Spokane from Seattle, which leaves one hour after my flight lands in Seattle (with a different airline). My question is- will I have enought time to get off the flight in Seattle, pick up my bags at baggage claim, check my bags onto my Spokane flight, and get on the plane, all in one hour? If not, what should I do?
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1 :
If the walking distance between the 2 airlines' exits are close say within 5-10 min. walk and most importantly your plane of landing Seattle does not delay then you should able to make it. You should handcarry the baggage or else waiting for the luggage definitely takes more than an hour. If you must check in your baggage then you should change to a later flight.
2 :
Wow. That's pushin' it. All off this hinges on whether your DC to Seattle flight is on time, they get your baggage off quickly, and the gates are not on different ends of the airport. I would tend to have to day NO.
3 :
I think that is pretty tight because after you go through baggage claim to pick-up your luggage and then check it in again, you have to go through security. Also who knows how long you will wait in baggage claim just to get your luggage. I would say you should take the next flight to Spokane from Seattle.
4 :
its unlikely, airlines use a system called MCT Minimum Connection Time. obviously meaning the minimum time needed between flight landing and check in closing. My gut feeling is its too short, security will slow you down, of course there is no guarantee your bags wil be off first as well.. defintiely take hand luggage, and let the attendants know you are connecting, just before landing they will move you to the front of the plane, to get off first what airlines are you flying with? , although they are different, if they have an agreement such as KLM and Southwest, they will check you straight thru to spokane, so it s amatter of walking thru transfers i presume you are flying united from washington, check if they have an agreement with the other airline...
