CX712 SIN-BKK and BKK-HKG separate tickets - checked baggage?
May 29, 2017, 5:42 am
#1
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CX712 SIN-BKK and BKK-HKG separate tickets - checked baggage?
Hi there,
I am thinking of booking the following itinerary:
1) SIN-BKK on CX712 in Y (as a o/w) and then
2) BKK-HKG-PEK in J (as a rtn)
with both SIN-BKK and BKK-HKG being flown on CX712.
Does anyone know how the baggage handling will work in BKK? I have read that CX are happy to check through bags from separate tickets, but how would it physically work in this case? After all, the bag would - in an ideal world - not have to be offloaded in BKK, as it should continue its journey on the same plane that it arrived on.
Has anybody done this before and got any experience / advice to share with me?
I am thinking of booking the following itinerary:
1) SIN-BKK on CX712 in Y (as a o/w) and then
2) BKK-HKG-PEK in J (as a rtn)
with both SIN-BKK and BKK-HKG being flown on CX712.
Does anyone know how the baggage handling will work in BKK? I have read that CX are happy to check through bags from separate tickets, but how would it physically work in this case? After all, the bag would - in an ideal world - not have to be offloaded in BKK, as it should continue its journey on the same plane that it arrived on.
Has anybody done this before and got any experience / advice to share with me?
May 29, 2017, 7:13 am
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Roll up to CX checkin at T1, show both tickets and ask for bags to be tagged through and to get all 3 boarding passes.
No clue if you need to re-clear security- probably not..but worst case, you re-clear security and get back to the same place.
If for some reason you get 1 boarding pass SIN-HKG..expect the miles for that and not SIN-BKk-HKG..
No clue if you need to re-clear security- probably not..but worst case, you re-clear security and get back to the same place.
If for some reason you get 1 boarding pass SIN-HKG..expect the miles for that and not SIN-BKk-HKG..
May 29, 2017, 7:55 am
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Roll up to CX checkin at T1, show both tickets and ask for bags to be tagged through and to get all 3 boarding passes.
No clue if you need to re-clear security- probably not..but worst case, you re-clear security and get back to the same place.
If for some reason you get 1 boarding pass SIN-HKG..expect the miles for that and not SIN-BKk-HKG..
No clue if you need to re-clear security- probably not..but worst case, you re-clear security and get back to the same place.
If for some reason you get 1 boarding pass SIN-HKG..expect the miles for that and not SIN-BKk-HKG..
Back to the topic, for sure the luggage can be tagged to Hong Kong via Bangkok. However, IIRC no luggage can be tagged as AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB where the final destination is a transit destination. But again, in the case, BKK is technically not a transit point for the luggage right? Anyone can confirm this?
May 29, 2017, 8:13 am
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Don't think this will be the case since OP is flying Y for SIN/BKK and J for BKK/HKG.
Back to the topic, for sure the luggage can be tagged to Hong Kong via Bangkok. However, IIRC no luggage can be tagged as AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB where the final destination is a transit destination. But again, in the case, BKK is technically not a transit point for the luggage right? Anyone can confirm this?
Back to the topic, for sure the luggage can be tagged to Hong Kong via Bangkok. However, IIRC no luggage can be tagged as AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB where the final destination is a transit destination. But again, in the case, BKK is technically not a transit point for the luggage right? Anyone can confirm this?
Don't think that OP wants to do AA-BB-CC-BB here?
Its more like AA-BB-CC-DD?
May 29, 2017, 8:18 am
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Don't think this will be the case since OP is flying Y for SIN/BKK and J for BKK/HKG.
Back to the topic, for sure the luggage can be tagged to Hong Kong via Bangkok. However, IIRC no luggage can be tagged as AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB where the final destination is a transit destination. But again, in the case, BKK is technically not a transit point for the luggage right? Anyone can confirm this?
Back to the topic, for sure the luggage can be tagged to Hong Kong via Bangkok. However, IIRC no luggage can be tagged as AAA-BBB-CCC-BBB where the final destination is a transit destination. But again, in the case, BKK is technically not a transit point for the luggage right? Anyone can confirm this?
I suppose that the OPs got a bit of a stay in PEK and not just doing a SIN-BKK-HKG-PEK-HKG mileage run..
But, if so, quite certain too, that bags can't be tagged all the way
May 29, 2017, 10:21 am
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May 29, 2017, 9:21 pm
#7
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Thanks to everyone for your replies!
The idea is indeed to fly AA-BB-CC-DD = SIN-BKK-HKG-PEK.
It is not a mileage run, as I will be staying in PEK for a week or so, so PEK will be the final destination.
Looks like it should all be fairly straightforward then as long as I can get CX staff in SG to tag all bags through to PEK. ^
The idea is indeed to fly AA-BB-CC-DD = SIN-BKK-HKG-PEK.
It is not a mileage run, as I will be staying in PEK for a week or so, so PEK will be the final destination.
Looks like it should all be fairly straightforward then as long as I can get CX staff in SG to tag all bags through to PEK. ^