Can I check in from NYC to sep connecting BA flight in LHR?

Got a flight tomorrow JFK to LHR, then a separate booking on BA to Berlin.
Might they be able to check my one bag right through at the VS desk in JFK? Saves hassle and stress!
(Flights are Upper/ Biz for both, if that matters)

Thanks!

[mitchja]

You can try, however, it's unlikely being on separate bookings.

Don't forget from Jan 5th 2025, the UK now requires an ETA for all travel to/through the UK if you don't have a UK or Irish passport (or if you have an EU passport an ETA will be required from April 2nd 2025). It costs £10.

It's our version of the US ESTA system.

Thanks James, I'll ask at the UC desk.
It can depend on how busy and how experienced they are. Some like the challenge!

A few years back the VS desk agent checked our suitcases right through from JFK>LHR>CDG>COO (Cotonou, West Africa) 3 flights, VS/AF/AF. Delighted to see them appear on the carousel there at the end, tagged as 'Priority'!

(and thanks for heads up - have a UK passport too, but good to know)

[mitchja]

When I flew VS/DL the other week on separate bookings, both VS and DL initially pushed back on thru-checking on both sides of the Atlantic but eventually after getting a supervisor involved on both occasions, they finally agreed to do it for me.

The DL checkin agent I got at FLL was unfortunately a complete jobs-worth as he was working the bag drop desk and refused to carry on dealing with me and sent me away after I told him I was flying internationally as apparently he couldn’t scan passports at his work station