Originally Posted by
KenJohn
The issue is if you have luggage to check. If you are in Club or First, or you have Elite status and you can check at any time on the same day. Otherwise, you can only check in luggage 3 hours ahead time.
...and without the elite status and/or the Club or F ticket, you wont be allowed into the lounge either.
In other words: If you have lounge access, you're allowed to check in bags early - if you're not allowed to check in bags early, you don't have lounge access.