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Flight connections | Transfer flights. In transit Madrid Airport (MAD)
Flight connections in Madrid Barajas International Airport. Passengers in transit, with destination carrier, transfer flights, stopover. Boarding area help deskswww.aeropuertomadrid-barajas.com
Seems to say that if you have to collect checked baggage or you do not have a boarding pass for your next flight; you start all over from the beginning.
Can the questioner check in online for the second flight? If not checking baggage that might help.
Very doubtful on separate tickets.Is there any chance that the American Airlines desk would be able to check her in for the domestic Iberia flight, since they are partners, even if it’s not on an American airlines ticket?
so glad you asked this question. I'm departing BOS->MAD on Iberia on Sunday night, then taking a separately-ticketed Iberia flight to San Seb. Amazingly, Iberia has already let me get my boarding pass for that domestic flight. Don't know if this is helpful info.I’m assuming the passenger will not be able to get a boarding pass for the domestic flight at the check-in for the international flight to Madrid. If that’s the case, unless there is some Iberia desk for check-in in T4 that is inside the secure area, it seems that a total exit will be required. And that could be very time consuming.
Correct; just my 24L pack as carryon! It was reassuring to get that boarding pass, and the video about getting from T4S to T4 was helpful. I'll need to be awake enough post-redeye to not go somewhere that puts me back in a line I don't want to be in. I have a 5-hour layover, but will swap to an earlier flight if available once I'm in T4.This is great info, thank you all. @Suz2022, I’m assuming you are not checking any luggage? Or else you have a good chunk of a layover?
I think the “get the boarding pass early from Iberia online” strategy could really save people a lot of time, at least if they don’t check luggage. If you check luggage, you are going to have to leave the secure area, wait to pick up your bags, and then take them up to departures and stand in the check-in line to check your bag. So having your boarding pass in that instance won’t save you any time at all. And then you have to go through the main security line.
But if you don’t check bags and already have your boarding pass, you can simply take the train from T4S to T4, go through the security line for transiting passengers, which is miniscule compared to the regular line, and then go to your gate!
I don’t know this from first hand experience, but am summarizing what others have said. I think it could help that (perhaps small) group of people who fly into T4 and then make a connection on a separate ticket that is for a flight that also leaves from T4.
Laurie, We flew from the US to Madrid in April 2022, connecting on Iberia to Bilboa. We did NOT check any luggage so cant comment on that. However, everyone arriving is channeled through passport check and AGAIN through security right away. We were then able to go into T4 and our Iberia flight was also out of T4, so it was no problem; we just walked to the correct gate. Iberia boards like Southwest airlines...you get in a line based upon your seating assignment. If I remember correctly, we checked in online for all the flights and never had to visit another check in counter.I have a fair amount of knowledge of how the Madrid airport works, but in a PM I realized there is one issue that has me stumped.
Here are the specific facts:
Passenger arrives in T4S on international flight. Passenger is going to connect with an Iberia domestic flight but it is on a separate ticket. Does the passenger have to totally exit the secure area, check in at the Iberia departures desk, and then go back through the huge Madrid security? Or is there somewhere where the passenger can check-in for the connecting flight in T4 or T4S and go through the security that is specifically for transiting passengers?
If it were all on one ticket, I know the answer — no need to leave and check in again.
If passenger were arriving in T1 or T2, I know the answer — take a bus to T4, start the check in process all over, get through security and get to your T4 gate.
I’m assuming the passenger will not be able to get a boarding pass for the domestic flight at the check-in for the international flight to Madrid. If that’s the case, unless there is some Iberia desk for check-in in T4 that is inside the secure area, it seems that a total exit will be required. And that could be very time consuming.
I know there are a lot of travel experts on the forum, so I hope one of you has the answer!
Thanks and buen camino, Laurie
You are correct!!I have a fair amount of knowledge of how the Madrid airport works, but in a PM I realized there is one issue that has me stumped.
Here are the specific facts:
Passenger arrives in T4S on international flight. Passenger is going to connect with an Iberia domestic flight but it is on a separate ticket. Does the passenger have to totally exit the secure area, check in at the Iberia departures desk, and then go back through the huge Madrid security? Or is there somewhere where the passenger can check-in for the connecting flight in T4 or T4S and go through the security that is specifically for transiting passengers?
If it were all on one ticket, I know the answer — no need to leave and check in again.
If passenger were arriving in T1 or T2, I know the answer — take a bus to T4, start the check in process all over, get through security and get to your T4 gate.
I’m assuming the passenger will not be able to get a boarding pass for the domestic flight at the check-in for the international flight to Madrid. If that’s the case, unless there is some Iberia desk for check-in in T4 that is inside the secure area, it seems that a total exit will be required. And that could be very time consuming.
I know there are a lot of travel experts on the forum, so I hope one of you has the answer!
Thanks and buen camino, Laurie
Are all of your flights on one ticket? If so, your luggage should be checked through.I'm flying London to Madrid tomorrow with BA (landing terminal 4S) and then Iberia to San Sebastian (terminal 4). I've been allowed to check in for both flights but not sure if my baggage will be checked all the way through to San Sebastian? I have almost 3hrs between flights anyway and it looks like the train from 4S to 4 is only 4 minutes.
Both flights are on one booking reference so I'm guessing yes.Are all of your flights on one ticket? If so, your luggage should be checked through.
I am curious about the Covid table. I saw none when I went to the right at the connections area after the train. Mine was in April though, did they change things?I flew into Madrid a month ago and caught a separate Iberia flight onward to Santiago. I only had a carry on bag. I had to go through customs and the Spain health check table where they checked my health app. It was very easy and quick. I didn’t have to go out and back in through airport security. I didn’t have my Spain phone number activated, so I didn’t have access to my ticket info on my phone. I couldn’t remember anything except the approximate time of departure! There was an information kiosk for Iberia and the lady found my flight with just my name, printed me a boarding pass, then directed me to an official who pointed toward the proper terminal. I had to ride the train to another terminal but it was pretty easy.
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