FYI, transfer counter opens at E1 at 2pm for the 18:50 departure. I was actually able to get a mobile boarding pass so didn’t need to wait for it to open, which worked out just fine. FYI, you can use any of the cx lounge but you can’t use the plaza premium first class lounge until 3 hours prior to departure. We still had to go to the gate and get our passports scanned before we could board and have them issue us boarding passes again so make sure you plan for this.
we didn’t have checked bags of course.