Originally Posted by
ZenFlyer
It is true that 90% of the people around us seemed to be doing a QF-to-QF transfer, because their bags were already tagged by Qantas for their onward flight. The fact that our bags weren't yet tagged meant that we were referred to the "Service Desk" rather than the "Bag Drop" queue.
Were you on separate tickets? If you were on the same ticket then UA should have been able to tag your bags all the way through. Even if you are on separate tickets I've had them generally do it when asked (after showing the QF ticket details) but that's far from guaranteed.