Do I need to pick up my luggage after a domestic flight, before an international flight?

August 26, 2010 by admin · 4 Comments
Filed under: Air Travel 

mg asked:


Hi all,

I am flying on Delta from LAX to Minneapolis, then catching another flight to Paris. Will I need to pick up my luggage between flights? I know you don’t have to for domestic flights, but I don’t know about international.

Thanks!

Tags: Domestic Flight, Flight To Paris, Luggage

Comments

1. keezy says:

   August 28, 2010 at 7:44 am

   when I went ot China we could check it through to our first international destination keezy
2. nako says:

   August 28, 2010 at 8:53 am

   Since you are flying the same airline with, presumably, both legs on the same ticket, you will be able to check your bag all the way through to Paris when you check in at LAX, and will not need to reclaim your luggage at MSP. nako
3. Piixsaar says:

   August 29, 2010 at 4:47 am

   If your flights are both with Delta, or a Delta codeshare, then you will check them in at LAX and won’t see them again till Paris - very easy!

   However on the way home, if you fly Paris to Mps, you’ll have to get your bags and pass through customs, and then recheck your bags for the flight to LAX. But they usually make it easy - a drop off point just outside of the customs area. Piixsaar
4. opurt says:

   August 31, 2010 at 3:36 am

   The general rule is that you have to pick up your bags any place where you have to clear customs.

   Since a US to US to France flight only has you clearing customs once you get to Paris, your bags will be checked through. If you were doing something else like LAX to Montreal (Canada) to Paris then you’d have to grab your luggage at each step. opurt

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