From reading this thread can I just clarify one thing?
My mum is currently in New York, and has a separately booked AA leg from JFK to LAX, and then onto a QF LAX-SYD-ADL. Can she just check the bags straight through to ADL from JFK at check-in, or does she need to contact QF to arrange?
She has no status, but is a QP, and has 2 bags. Will she have to pay the regular domestic bag charges to LAX or is it waived if it is interlined to ADL? Or actually, IIRC, she will clear customs at SYD, and then re-check at transfer to ADL?