midlevels

I've booked a flight HKG-BKK-KHI and KHI-BKK-HKG where the HKG-BKK sectors are CX and BKK-KHI on TG. All booked on a single PNR but ticket numbers are different.

I'm relying on CX to check bags through all the way from HKG-KHI and for TG to do so from KHI-HKG, and for both to give me boarding passes for both flights when checking in.

Am I going to be OK?

sxc

I suspect not. In the past I had a similar type of ticket to yours except connecting at BKK to HKT. I had to collect baggage at BKK and recheck in. This was a few years ago.

fbrj

I am about to book a CX BKK-HKG-BKK flight for next April to attend the HK7s.

When I return to BKK I will be connecting to CMB on a completely separate ticket on UL, which is scheduled to depart around 9pm. Assuming that, although Oneworld, I can no longer interline my luggage HKG to CMB, how long should I allow to transit in BKK - to exit with my luggage (after immigration procedures) and then bagdrop at the UL counter and leave enough time to comfortably make the UL gate, having gone through immigration and security again?

I have read elsewhere that you can arrange at a transit desk to have your luggage picked out, relabelled and put on your next flight without you having to go through immigration and the reverse procedure - is this still possible? If it is how do you physically check that your bag has been properly identified and relabelled?

The most likely CX flights arrive in BKK at 13.50pm, 16.20pm and 17.45pm.

My instinct is to go for the 16.20pm arrival. I'm Oneworld Emerald, which should speed up any check in/bag drop procedures.

Any thoughts?

christep

As an aside, do you have a corporate box ticket for the HK7s? If not, be aware that with CX as a sponsor, there are deals on flights + HK7s tickets from ports around Asia, and you might be better off waiting for those to be launched in order to book the two together.

fbrj

Thanks - yes I know about these Fly 'n See type packages and my wife and I have used them before, which is why we are "starting" from BKK. The Asian packages have now been launched by CX.

Our actual routing is slightly more complex. LHR-OSL-DOH-BKK (4 nights) then the 7s trip to HK, then BKK-CMB (7 nights) - DOH-OSL-LHR. You might wonder why all this rigmarole but the OSL-DOH-BKK//CMB-DOH-OSL are all in J on QR and cost about 25% (when booked in a sale) of the current CX J return fare direct from LHR to HKG. Apart from HK we also get a few days in Bangkok and a week in Sri Lanka on the way back.

midlevels

https://www.cxagents.com/cxa/gc/en_HK/ln2

According to this page, the following is eligibile for though check in (includues BPs, and baggage to final destination):

"b. Two tickets for interline journey, segments ticketed separately in a single PNR (regardless of travelling carriers),
e.g.:

HKG-LHR – tkt nbr xxxxx123
LHR-WAS - tkt nbr xxxxx124
Single PNR AB12CD
"

Therefore am I not covered officially?

geoshina

Hey guys.
I just realized that I may have made a very dumb decision, but if you guys could help me I would really appreciate! ^^

Next month I'll be traveling from HKG to NRT on CX. Then I will fly KE to ICN on the same day, departing from the same airport, NRT. They have different PNR. I did this because I looked at the CX interline agreement and I saw that KE was listed. So I just thought that at HKG they would be able to send my bag all the way to ICN. What a rookie thing to do!

As far as I can see I would have to enter the country, pick my bag and go the KE counter and proceed to check it all over again. But the problem is that I would need a visa to enter Japan. Would there be any other alternative I could take?
I won't have enough time for a visa, even a transit one ( they take the same amount of time to be granted)

One alternative that I'm thinking is getting a JAL flight to ICN. Being in OW but in different PNR would be less of a problem?

BTW, I don't know if this helps, but I'm flying F with CX and Business/Prestige with KE.

G-CIVC

Switching to JL means that you would have a same terminal transfer, but you would still need to get a visa as you have to pick up your bag and recheck. So it is a shorter connection but doesn't help with immigration problems.

geclub1

This post again highlights how dumb, anti-high-revenue, and anti-customer-service CX's new no-interline policy is.

Mafai

It's not just CX, it's a Oneworld rule, adopted by most members. I agree, very anti customer service. Why have an alliance then.

percysmith

CX will require both same booking and interline agreement to exist to interline.

In HKG and TPE the CX transfer desk can ratag http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cathay-pacific-marco-polo-club/1780679-transfer-cx-tpe.html the transfer desk can retag.

I don't think this happens with KE in NRT. Even if they might, they're in T1 and you and your bags are in T2.

I'm not sure even if JAL in T2 will do it.

geclub1

CX could have continued the previous policy for F/J and elite status passengers, for example. I am just shaking my head in disbelieve.

G-CIVC

Actually, if I am not mistaken, CX was one of the strongest advocates for this new 'policy'.

Meanwhile, JL is happy to continue upholding the rules of the past...

gpia

Yup, and so do others.

HKG-HAM CX >> AB: No la
HAM-HKG AB >> CX: No problem

Mafai

Always thought it was BA as a strong advocate of this. Guess it's both of them then.

Surprisingly, I was asked by agent at TG counter at HKIA if I wanted to interline to QR, with boarding pass of QR flight printed on TG logo ticket. Can't see CX doing that.