skipping last leg of flight

A question about : skipping last leg of flight

Hello guys!

I got a flight from Luxembourg to new york, as I`m anyway in Luxembourg that time I don`t bother the connection flight to LHR. However, on the way back I will fly from JFK to LHR with a 11 hour stopover in Heathrow, and than continue to LUX. My question now, can I demand to get my luggage checked to Heathrow as its a long stopover? How else can I get around taking the last leg to LUX and just fly to Heathrow?

Airline would change ticket, but for Ј350 on top of the price to LUX.

any ideas?

Thanks!

Best answers:

• Which airline is it, I often have something come up that makes my last London-EU leg redundant
  With such a long stopover most airlines will short check your baggage if you let them know you have a hotel booked at the airport in order to change and shower
  Some are less obliging these days due to hidden city ticketing becoming more of a problem, but thanks to 9/11 your bags aren't going anywhere without you
  If they won't short check your bags let the ground staff know asap on arrival in London, especially if you are scheduled to be flying from another terminal.
• Hello,
  caz,
  I know its not expensive to fly back from LUX, its Ј24 but its on the day after which is quite inconvenient, so i prefer to disappear in Heathrow.
  how can I move the topic? cant find a button to move it in right section
  dtdfanboy
  flight is booked with british airways but operated by american airlines if that helps. so what would happen to my luggage if I miss the last leg in case they check it through? I mean the flight is on American from JFK-LHR but than change to british airways for the last leg. any ideas? I know for example when I connected in March in NYC to Miami I had to pick my luggage and put it on a connection belt, is there something in heathrow?
• AA will normally short check baggage, if they refuse sort it out at the transfers desk before you go landside, if you're quick enough you'll be able to collect it from the baggage carousel along with other passengers on your flight
  Don't go to the BA desk to sort it out, doing that will cost you several hours, by the time you get there you bag will be in T5 and it takes bloody ages to get baggage returned to your terminal then cleared through customs without you being present
  They can't charge you any sort of change fee for missing a final leg
• Is there a ticket you could buy where you land at Heathrow from New York, then the connecting flight to Luxumbourg leaves at Gatwick/City airport - then they have to give you your bags back then..
• Hello!
  the flight arrives around 5.30am in Heathrow and departs 18:25 from Heathrow to LUX.
  so probably no chance to get my bags in LHR? I know flight with luxair to LCY from LUX is just Ј22, but still inconvenient. seems I have to take the hit and book it and see if AA checks my luggage short, if I`m lucky I burn Ј24, if not, well, I loose some time.
  thanks guys!
• I booked exactly for that price, so I don`t really wanna pay the change fee! However, I will give it a try with short checking luggage.
  thanks guys!