Travelling from London to Vegas connecting in Chatlotte?
I'm travelling from London to Las Vegas and have a flight connecting in Charlotte with a 3 hour stop, has anyone done this before and if so can you please give me some help, do i have to collect my luggage from one plane and the re book it onto the connecting flight or will the airline (continental) do this for me, also do i have to go through customs again etc?, any help will be much appreciated.
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The airline wouldn't be Continental if you are connecting in Charlotte it would be US Airways. Its probably a code share flight you bought it through Continental but the actual plane is a US Airways plane and you will check in with US Airways. Is it the flight from Gatwick? When you check in the airline will tag your luggage through to Las Vegas, the tag would read "CLT" & "LAS". When you arrive Charlotte this is your first point of entry into the U.S. and is where you will do immigration and customs. So you will pass through immigration and proceed to the customs hall and collect your baggage, physically take it through customs then turn it back over to the airline to be rechecked, its an easy process since your bags are already tagged. When you come out of the customs hall you will see a bag drop/recheck area for US Airways. You will have to do security to get back out to the gates for your Las Vegas flight so if you've bought any duty free liquor leaving Gatwick make sure you transfer it from your carry-on to your checked luggage before you recheck your bags or they will confiscate it at security :( You will not do customs again in Las Vegas as you'll be arriving on a domestic flight from Charlotte. Have a great time in Sin City :)
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So yes, you are flying with US Airways. Once you arrive to Charlotte you will go through customs then pick up your bags and you will then need to go where it says Baggage in Connection you'll leave them there so they get to Vegas and then you will just follow the signs that says Connections where you will pass a Security Point. 3 hours is plenty of time so it's 99% you make this connection.
