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I had booked a return travel flight from Kolkata (CCU) to Hamburg (HAM) on 31. Oct 2015 via Jet Airways. The travel plan is from Kolkata (CCU) to Mumbai (BOM) and then to Brussels (BRU) and finally to Hamburg (HAM) after a 8 hours halt. I planned the trip with a halt to meet some friends in Brussels. But now I have to travel to Stuttgart (STU) on the same day due to official work. It is not possible to travel to Stuttgart after land in Hamburg as it would be too late. Also the airline doen't allow partial cancellation of flight.

Now what I want is, to book another flight from Brussels to Stuttgart on the same day without waiting in Brussels. For this I want my baggage at the Baggage carousel. The flight from Brussels to Hamburg is operated by Brussels Airlines and I think the baggage will be transported internally by Jet Airways and not sent to the baggage carousel.

What should I do, or where should I inform to get my baggage at the carousel in Brussels even though I have a connecting flight.

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The way to go in your scenario is to change your flight, not to partially cancel your flight. As drat wrote, pretty much all airlines cancel your return flight if you do not show up for one leg of your flight, which you want to avoid. Thus, you will need to get your ticket changed. Many airlines allow this on many fares if you do not change the countries of your trip.

Having said that, if you still want to get your bag in Brussels, you can ask the check-in agent at Kolkata to short-check it to Brussels. They do not always do that, but often do so if you state that you need something from your bag in Brussels due to the long lay-over. But as already said, if you miss the flight to Hamburg, your return trip ticket most likely will become void.

If for some reason you can't change your ticket destination from Hamburg to Stuttgart (e.g., if Jet Airways does not have bookable codeshare flights to Stuttgart), try rerouting it to Frankfurt instead. Frankfurt airport is ~1:15 hours away from Stuttgart by train.

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