It may seem like a dumb question but it's got me concerned.
We are due to fly from Manchester to LHR with BA and then on to Luxor with Egypt air - the holiday has been booked as a package through Thomas Cook, I've since found out that BA and Egypt air are not flying partners (BMI are with Egypt air).
On getting the invoice, they have only allowed 2 hours to connect from T5 to T3 at LHR - even a small delay would be a disaster - we can't even use flight connections between the two.
So apart from the fact that we won't have luggage checked through, does this mean that it's not a connecting flight in the true sense and if we were delayed from Manchester we would have big problems? Would Egypt air even be aware that we were arriving on a connecting flight or would we just be classed as no shows?
There aren't flights to Luxor every day which would mean going via Cairo the next day - meaning we would lose more than 24 hours in Luxor - we're only there for 4 days and have a lot to cram in although I won't be making any tour bookings for the first morning just in case.
I have been trying to get Thomas cook on the phone ( unsuccesfully) and will have to wait till my next day off to get into the travel agents and ask for an earlier flight from Manchester - the one we have been booked onto is the last one that would get us there in time, so I would ideally like a safety net of 2 flights before the latest time.
It's the last time I book a package , I've always done it all myself before but with multiple internal flights I assumed it would be easier with an agent!