Originally Posted by
christep
Well OK, but if your bags come 2 hours later then CX will deliver them to your hotel in BKK (MCT CX-CX at HKG is 45 mins so if your bags don't make it they will deliver at their expense). No big deal as far as I am concerned. Agreed it is slightly different if you are connecting to the last flight of the day to BKK so ypu would have to overnight without luggage.
That's exactly what I'm looking to do--catch a 10:30 pm Thai BKK-HKT flight.
The downside of waiting for luggage the next day in Phuket isn;t worth the risk, IMO. I'll take the longer layover in HKG to ensure I travel with my bags.
Thanks.