In a message dated 11/11/2003 11:04:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx writes: << Ok boyz and girls.. I am planning to travel YUL-FRA-IST and back over the Thanksgiving and the cheapest airline fare I can find is $2200CAD with AC/LH combination. Now, if I split the ticket in 2, YUL-FRA-YUL on AC and FRA-IST-FRA on LH (or even cheaper in TK) the fare goes down to $1100CAD.. Now, I know that I am risking missing my flight with TK or LH if something happens to YUL-FRA flight, and I will have to get outside the customs area, pick up my luggage and check in for my FRA-IST flight. BUT, what happens if I have only carry on? Will I be able to do my check in at FRA at the gate? Would this raise red flags in German Customs who actually come to the airplane and meet EVERY SINGLE pax in IST-FRA flights? >> I know FRA has transit lonuges, so it is quite possible you will be able to interline your luggage between flights, even with seperate tix. It is not like flying WN or FR and having no interline. I do believe you can check in at FRA at the gate and your green card should prevent problems with the IST-FRA flight (We did not have a problem with Die Bundespolitzei when going IST-FRA-LAX, even though my father is an Iranian national with a US green card. The only time he was ever held up was with the constant checking at the LH desk in IST that no other green card holder was subject to and with a wife and son with blue passports)