Originally Posted by
percysmith
Nope. Case in point - the Missus (OWS on the check in date) checked in with DM friend in HKG F check in on 14 Dec.
She and the DM were both heading to CTS; due to missus flying indirect (redemption) HKG-HND-CTS routing (and the DM bought a direct), Missus's bags were not given F tags by F check in.
Nor J, as she later found out when she picked up her bag in HND.
This resulted in the bag being loaded after all J bags for HKG-HND, which meant the missus didn't make 50 min goshow cutoff at HND JL International-Domestic connections desk - she was hoping to race the DM on the direct so they can board an earlier bus to Niseko if she arrived in HND without delay. She ended up taking the later HND-CTS - as ticketed - but obviously I heard a lot about the J bag tag omission even before came back.
Her OWS status was properly coded on the BP, when she brought it back.
Bear in mind we travelled the exact same HKG-HND route two weeks later, as OWS, properly J tagged, and received our bags right after F and crew bags.
So your assertion that the bag tags alone work for priority is incorrect in HKG.
Agree, I have similar experience before on CX too where my J tag was teared off during transit OR the check-in staff didn't put a new one as I have an old one in my luggage (in a 50% good condition) and then end up my bag come after all J class priority bag, i.e. no priority.
I also had an experience that I took JAL from CTS to HND then to HKG with thru check-in, JAL staff tag the JAL priority in CTS, but when I landed in HKG, I found that all my luggage were added a CX priority bag tag. So if the barcode system work, then why did they add a tag at the back end? maybe the tag is needed at HKG for staff to load the bag? I don't know.