Use Int'l Lounge at SYD and then leave airport
Sep 30, 2014, 8:03 pm
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Use Int'l Lounge at SYD and then leave airport
Later this month I am flying WLG-SYD on QF and then later that day SYD-KUL on MH. I am One World Emerald (via CX) so have access to QF's (very nice) international lounge.
A friend is flying out of SYD on QF shortly after I arrive. Is it possible to go through the security at international transfer and meet him in the lounge; and then, after his plane has departed, leave the airport and go into the CBD on the train (as I have a meeting there) before returning later that day to the airport to catch my flight to KUL?
If so, are there any particular quirks in the process I need to know?
A friend is flying out of SYD on QF shortly after I arrive. Is it possible to go through the security at international transfer and meet him in the lounge; and then, after his plane has departed, leave the airport and go into the CBD on the train (as I have a meeting there) before returning later that day to the airport to catch my flight to KUL?
If so, are there any particular quirks in the process I need to know?
Sep 30, 2014, 10:24 pm
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I am aware of someone doing exactly this a few years ago. It was reported as complex and troublesome. IIRC one main time consuming obstacle was Immigration having to find this person's outbound Immigration card and "unprocess" it.
Sep 30, 2014, 11:03 pm
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Do transit passengers have to complete and hand out passenger cards at transit security? I thought the card is only for when clearing immigration.
Sep 30, 2014, 11:14 pm
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Since outbound is on the T1 upper level and arrivals are on the lower level, I'm unaware of any straightforward upper to lower level access. Are there upward and downward escalators at the transfer area? It must be possible as I can't see any impediment - unless the guest to the Flounge must be accompanied by guestee (but how on earth can that be carefully monitored?).
Sep 30, 2014, 11:18 pm
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Since outbound is on the T1 upper level and arrivals are on the lower level, I'm unaware of any straightforward upper to lower level access. Are there upward and downward escalators at the transfer area? It must be possible as I can't see any impediment - unless the guest to the Flounge must be accompanied by guestee (but how on earth can that be carefully monitored?).
Sep 30, 2014, 11:19 pm
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Oct 1, 2014, 12:31 am
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Since outbound is on the T1 upper level and arrivals are on the lower level, I'm unaware of any straightforward upper to lower level access. Are there upward and downward escalators at the transfer area? It must be possible as I can't see any impediment - unless the guest to the Flounge must be accompanied by guestee (but how on earth can that be carefully monitored?).
Oct 1, 2014, 2:23 am
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Because I knew that I might well be doing this, I made sure that I took and filled in an arrivals card on my inbound flight. No questions or hassle there either.
The biggest hassle I had was getting over to the unfamiliar badlands of T2 when I wasn't connecting to another flight ...
Oct 24, 2014, 9:40 pm
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It turned out that the QANTAS staff at WLG (who are in fact AirNZ staff dressed in QF uniforms) couldn't/wouldn't check my baggage through. They said that there may have been a problem with the MH ticket (didn't seem to be any when I checked in). Not the end of the world (I met my friend at McDonalds by arrivals which undoubtedly stopped us drinking champagne at 9.00am), but would have been easier not to have to deal with the case.