Originally Posted by
makrxx
Thanks. Given it's the same itinerary, will they not be able to issue me the boarding pass for my HKG - ZRH leg in Singapore when I check in? And will my baggage not be checked all the way through?
Originally Posted by
csycsycsy
Thanks OP for the question as I was also planning to do the same for my long transit.
Is the issue HKIA related where once one has entered the departures level (to access the lounges) one can't exit/re-enter? Or is a CX lounge issue where there are maximum length of stay /earliest entrance/can't re-enter limits?
Departure and arrival are segregated in HKG (so the former issue, not the latter), unlike SIN I think. You arrive HKG at the arrival level. Transit pax would typically go through security to go to the departure level, while arriving pax would go to immigration from the arrival level directly. Before the pandemic, it used to be possible to ask the CX lounge to get a staff member to escort you from the lounge back to arrival level. I did it once, and it was a long wait. I don't know if this is still possible post-pandemic.
You will get boarding pass for the connecting flight and bag will be through-checked.