SYD Int to Domestic- Rule if not enough connection time
Aug 8, 2016, 3:37 am
#16
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Check if you have a passport that can be used at the Smart Gates in Sydney. This will speed up your transfer massively. The Smart Gate computers are easy to miss and most people walk past not knowing what they are and end up queuing for a long time. They look sort of like ATMs along each wall of one section of the corridor to immigration.
I usually use the Smart Gate and still beat my priority bags out.
I usually use the Smart Gate and still beat my priority bags out.
Aug 8, 2016, 7:19 am
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Yes, Au egate/departure Smargates are placed just in front of the immi counters at SYDi after int security screening.
Place your passport flat on the glass plate, data page facing down like as if you are making a photocopy of it, look at camera which is a bit to the right hand side, wait for the beep or the tone, and then you are through to walk through.
Just remember to drop your green outgoing pax card into a clear lidded box.
They don't make an effort to chase you up for those anymore, I have seen people still having them slipped in their passports on the plane after leaving Au soil!
Place your passport flat on the glass plate, data page facing down like as if you are making a photocopy of it, look at camera which is a bit to the right hand side, wait for the beep or the tone, and then you are through to walk through.
Just remember to drop your green outgoing pax card into a clear lidded box.
They don't make an effort to chase you up for those anymore, I have seen people still having them slipped in their passports on the plane after leaving Au soil!
Aug 8, 2016, 8:16 am
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Yes, Au egate/departure Smargates are placed just in front of the immi counters at SYDi after int security screening.
Place your passport flat on the glass plate, data page facing down like as if you are making a photocopy of it, look at camera which is a bit to the right hand side, wait for the beep or the tone, and then you are through to walk through.
Just remember to drop your green outgoing pax card into a clear lidded box.
They don't make an effort to chase you up for those anymore, I have seen people still having them slipped in their passports on the plane after leaving Au soil!
Place your passport flat on the glass plate, data page facing down like as if you are making a photocopy of it, look at camera which is a bit to the right hand side, wait for the beep or the tone, and then you are through to walk through.
Just remember to drop your green outgoing pax card into a clear lidded box.
They don't make an effort to chase you up for those anymore, I have seen people still having them slipped in their passports on the plane after leaving Au soil!
Aug 8, 2016, 8:23 am
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The box that looks more like a rubbish bin - recycling. The staff are so few now that they either don't care or have been instructed not to do the chasing.
Aug 8, 2016, 3:09 pm
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Aug 18, 2016, 6:25 am
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What if it's not a QF-QF Intl-Dom connection? I'm arriving via CX at 710a in a few weeks' time. Do I dare book the 915a QF service onward to OOL, knowing I will have to get over there in time to check a bag? (Or is there a QF recheck / bag drop desk at the tail end of international arrivals, to save us toting our things over to dom on the bus ourselves?) Thanks.
Aug 18, 2016, 6:41 am
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What if it's not a QF-QF Intl-Dom connection? I'm arriving via CX at 710a in a few weeks' time. Do I dare book the 915a QF service onward to OOL, knowing I will have to get over there in time to check a bag? (Or is there a QF recheck / bag drop desk at the tail end of international arrivals, to save us toting our things over to dom on the bus ourselves?) Thanks.
Yes, there *is* a Domestic bag-drop/check-in service in the International Terminal but - again - can become quite busy at that time at SYD (might even be quicker to jump on the train and transfer to Domestic to check-in) ... but a 2 hours connection at that time of the morning on separate tickets ... I wouldn't risk it.
If you are on the one PNR and misconnect - or look like misconnecting - QF will switch you to a later flight (assuming availability).
Regards,
BD
Aug 18, 2016, 12:29 pm
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Aug 22, 2016, 9:42 pm
#24
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You may still be offered an earlier flight but a 4 hour window is an ace up your sleeve as opposed to having already missed your connecting flight although QF to QF on separate tickets post 01 Sep is okay for through check.