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Jul 31, 2014 | 6:44 pm

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mherdeg

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The question to ask is — does United have an interline agreement with JetStar Asia?

According to http://www.jetstar.com/us/en/plannin...ht-connections , no; there is a UA interline with JQ (JetStar), but not with 3K (JetStar Asia, the operator of SIN-PER).

We can double-check this with the expertflyer "interline view" for UA:

Code:

    AA        AB        AC        AF        AH        AI        
    AM        AR        AS        AV        AX        AY        
    AZ        A3        BA        BD        BE        BI        
    BR        BT        BW        CA        CI        CM        
    CO        CX        CZ        DL        EI        EK        
    EN        EQ        ET        EY        FB        FI        
    FJ        FM        FV        FZ        GA        GF        
    G3        HA        HO        HU        HX        H2        
    IB        IT        JJ        JL        JP        JQ        
    J2        KA        KC        KE        KF        KL        
    KM        KQ        KS        KU        KX        LA        
    LG        LH        LO        LP        LR        LW        
    LX        LY        MD        ME        MF        MH        
    MI        MK        MS        MU        NH        NU        
    NX        NZ        OA        OK        OM        OS        
    OU        OV        OZ        PG        PK        PR        
    PS        PU        PX        PZ        QF        QR        
    RJ        RO        SA        SK        SN        SQ        
    SU        SV        S2        S7        TA        TG        
    TK        TP        UL        UN        UO        UP        
    US        UX        VA        VK        VN        VS        
    VW        WF        WM        WP        WY        XF        
    XL        ZH        ZK        3M        4M        4Q        
    4U        7H        9K        9W

This is a list of IATA codes of airlines for whom United has an "interline agreement" (you can check bags at a United check-in desk and have them be tagged/loaded onto a flight operated by any one of those carriers).

So double-check whether your flight is operated by JetStar (JQ) or JetStar Asia (3K). If it's JetStar Asia, you have a problem -- you will need to re-check your bags at their counter on arrival.

The good news is that SIN immigration and customs are super efficient and I bet you could make that connection if EWR-HKG-SIN is on time. The bad news is that HKG-SIN has sporadic delays and is sometimes held to accommodate connecting pax from ORD-HKG (the same aircraft typically operates ORD-HKG-SIN). The good news is that JetStar tickets are pretty cheap and if you have travel insurance, you should be A-OK to buy a new last minute ticket to Perth in the event that you misconnect.

I believe that collecting and re-checking bags in Singapore always involves entering the country (clearing customs and walking to an airline counter airside, then re-clearing immigration and security).

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