Malaysia to Qantas transfers Changi
Aug 17, 2016, 6:53 pm
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Malaysia to Qantas transfers Changi
Does anyone have recent experience transferring from malaysian to Qantas? We have a upcoming flight with Malaysian (operated by SilkAir) from Langkawi (malaysia) to Changi (Singapore), with a short time between the checkin for our Qantas flight to Sydney (1.35hrs).
Malaysian assure me that bags will be checked through, and all we need to do is collect boarding passes from Qantas, with no need to clear customs etc etc. But as the flight is operated by a secondary carrier, and there are new rules on bag carriage with different PNRs we are thinking of changing flights.
Does anyone have experience - particularly of SilkAir and connections in Singapore with them?
thanks
Michael
Malaysian assure me that bags will be checked through, and all we need to do is collect boarding passes from Qantas, with no need to clear customs etc etc. But as the flight is operated by a secondary carrier, and there are new rules on bag carriage with different PNRs we are thinking of changing flights.
Does anyone have experience - particularly of SilkAir and connections in Singapore with them?
thanks
Michael
Aug 17, 2016, 8:28 pm
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I recently flew LGK-KUL-MEL on MH/EK separate tickets and baggage was interlined with no problems. Personally I avoided Silkair via SIN but your choice. MH codeshare seems fraught with peril on separate tickets.
Aug 18, 2016, 1:10 am
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If you are booked on separate tickets, I would say that 90 minutes connection is a big risk. It does not take too much to miss the flight and end up having to pay change/no show fees or buy a new ticket for Sydney
There is no entitlement to through baggage checking, so if the Silkair check in choose not to do so, there is no comeback
I would change to an earlier flight
There is no entitlement to through baggage checking, so if the Silkair check in choose not to do so, there is no comeback
I would change to an earlier flight
Aug 18, 2016, 6:11 am
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Does anyone have recent experience transferring from malaysian to Qantas? We have a upcoming flight with Malaysian (operated by SilkAir) from Langkawi (malaysia) to Changi (Singapore), with a short time between the checkin for our Qantas flight to Sydney (1.35hrs).
Malaysian assure me that bags will be checked through, and all we need to do is collect boarding passes from Qantas, with no need to clear customs etc etc. But as the flight is operated by a secondary carrier, and there are new rules on bag carriage with different PNRs we are thinking of changing flights.
Does anyone have experience - particularly of SilkAir and connections in Singapore with them?
thanks
Michael
Malaysian assure me that bags will be checked through, and all we need to do is collect boarding passes from Qantas, with no need to clear customs etc etc. But as the flight is operated by a secondary carrier, and there are new rules on bag carriage with different PNRs we are thinking of changing flights.
Does anyone have experience - particularly of SilkAir and connections in Singapore with them?
thanks
Michael
Sep 6, 2016, 5:40 pm
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the result... for others info
So the result of our early plans was a 1hr delay for MA in langkawi, bumped to another flight in KL, arrival after probably the most scary flight of my life (I am P1 and fly a lot!) ... only 3 hours until the QF6 flight (which was awesome). and finally one of our two bags came on the later MA123 flight which we had to wait for, and the second was delivered the next day...
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!
Sep 7, 2016, 8:06 pm
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So the result of our early plans was a 1hr delay for MA in langkawi, bumped to another flight in KL, arrival after probably the most scary flight of my life (I am P1 and fly a lot!) ... only 3 hours until the QF6 flight (which was awesome). and finally one of our two bags came on the later MA123 flight which we had to wait for, and the second was delivered the next day...
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!
Thanks for the update.
So MH checked (and delivered) your bags to SYD regardless - otherwise they'd be delivering them only as far as SIN??
Regards,
BD
Sep 8, 2016, 7:13 am
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Note that at Changi T1/T2/T3, even if your bags are not checked through, when you go to the transfer desk you give them the original luggage tags and they will arrange for your luggage to be collected, retagged and put onto your outbound flight - even on separate tickets.
There is no need to go landside.
There is no need to go landside.
Sep 10, 2016, 1:01 am
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As a P1 you seem to have a had a sheltered life in terms of flying. Malaysian aren't amazing, but this kind of stuff happens with any airline. I've had many absolutely fine MH/QF flights, and just MH flights.
A bag going missing happens once in a while. Nothing to stress about.
A bag going missing happens once in a while. Nothing to stress about.
Sep 11, 2016, 3:04 pm
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So the result of our early plans was a 1hr delay for MA in langkawi, bumped to another flight in KL, arrival after probably the most scary flight of my life (I am P1 and fly a lot!) ... only 3 hours until the QF6 flight (which was awesome). and finally one of our two bags came on the later MA123 flight which we had to wait for, and the second was delivered the next day...
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!
end story - NEVER fly Malaysian!