Originally Posted by
riteshshah
Have looked through previous threads to find an answer to our particular situation.
We are a family of four travelling from HKT through BKK onto MEL all on a single ticket and with all flights operated by TG. We have a 14 hr layover in BKK though (arrive around 6pm on Friday, leave 8am Sat).
I was wondering if in HKT they will automatically tag bags and check us in all the way to MEL, or if it is possible to request they do this? Ideally we’d want the bags checked through but we don’t want to clear immigration, etc in HKT as other transiting passengers to other destinations with shorter layover via BKK often do. This is because we have an overnight hotel booked near airport and want to be able to leave quickly from domestic arrivals.
What is standard practice in this situation with an overnight layover in BKK when going domestic—>international on TG? All flights in J and I am *G if that makes a difference.
I'm not sure if TG at HKT will accept bags for MEL when the transit is overnight like that, but I would assume they do. If so, I don't see any need to mention to anyone at TG that you plan to sleeping outside BKK airport. Just take the CIQ sticker and say thank you, then take it off and follow the route of the domestic-only passengers. Based on my experiences when doing the same in CNX, no-one will notice or care.
Only if TG tries to not check your baggage through, because they assume you will be leaving BKK aiport, would I bring the issue up and ask them to check the baggage through to MEL.