transfers/baggage for phx/lax/bne/mel flights
Jul 28, 2014, 8:55 pm
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transfers/baggage for phx/lax/bne/mel flights
Next March flying in one day from phx/lax on delta, lax/bne on va, bne/mel on va. This is all on delta award. I hope delta will check my baggage thru to mel. When we arrive in Bne do we have to have our bags checked by austrilian customs> recheck at Va international, take bus to bne domestic? I would hope we do not have to take our bags on bus?Or do we just get checked in by Austrilian customs in Mel? Thanks
Jul 29, 2014, 4:33 am
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Next March flying in one day from phx/lax on delta, lax/bne on va, bne/mel on va. This is all on delta award. I hope delta will check my baggage thru to mel. When we arrive in Bne do we have to have our bags checked by austrilian customs> recheck at Va international, take bus to bne domestic? I would hope we do not have to take our bags on bus?Or do we just get checked in by Austrilian customs in Mel? Thanks
I haven't connected in BNE specifically, but I have flown through that airport (domestically) and the airport itself looks like SYD on a smaller scale, so I would imagine it is the same:
- Upon arrival in BNE you will exit the plane, clear passport control (use the smart gate if your passport as the RFID chip)
- After clearing passport control, you will pick up your bags and proceed through AU customs. Side note: DO NOT bring any food. If you can eat it, throw it away prior to entry. It's not worth the hassle and anything with seeds/stems is not allowed at all.
- After clearing customs, follow signs to VA check-in. They will take your bags back
- They will give you a bus voucher to get you over to the domestic terminal
- Inside the domestic terminal, clear the AU TSA equivalent
The key factor is whether or not DL tags your bags to MEL. They should do it if it's all on one ticket (even if it's not, they should, VA is their partner.) If for some reason your bags aren't tagged, you have to take them to the domestic terminal yourself and checkin over there.