Early check in?
 

I have a CX flight landing at 11am and flight out the next day to SFO at 1.30pm, same tickets, would i be able to check in upon arrival at hong kong airpprt such that i dont have to bring the luggage out to town and back again?

I would hope that you can check your bags through.

I believe check-in for US-bound flight can only commence 24 hours before departure, so if you wait for a bit you may be able to. If you are taking the airport express to Hong Kong downtown then you can even do it there, to reduce your wait time. Others can comment.

If checking in at HKIA the previous day, OP will need to pay the trip to Airport on that day, but I believe that ticket/payment cannot be applied towards the next day.

I suggest re-checking in after a lunch at the airport.

Yes, as far as I know, they started allowing that again after they implemented questioning passengers at the departure gates for US-bound flights.

Thanks! What is itci?

Maybe i will wait at the arrival. Get a shower and wait abit.

Don't recall any really wonderful food at HKIA.

ITCI = In Town Check In (available at Kowloon, or Island side)

Got a related question thought I would ask on this thread instead of starting a new one.

Wed 4pm will head to Guangzhou by train for meetings.
Thu 0955/1125 KA781 CAN to HKG, then CX884 to LAX 1.5 hours later at 1255.

I have baggage which I prefer not to lug into China back out again.

1. Can I check in the baggage at HK station on Wed after 1255 (within 24 hour rule) or does this have to be at the airport?
2. As this would be for the HKG-LAX leg only, would this matter that I am not doing HKG-CAN by plane? (I have done this many times before on turnarounds for TPE where I check in at HKG for only HKG-XXX so baggage does not go to TPE.)
3. Would it make a difference that this is a US flight?

Thank you in advance.

Meetings to discuss the finer points of airline price discrimination, no doubt ;).

You can check in your baggage at HK station all day Wednesday. This is because you can utilise the in town check in the whole day prior to the day of your flight.

It shouldn't be a problem to check in your bag in HKG - people add bags at interim stops all the time. They will probably remind you that you must fly the CAN-HKG sector or else the rest of your ticket will be cancelled. You can tell them you are taking the train to CAN for meetings.

For US flights there used to be restrictions where you had to check in bags at the airport. I don't think this applies anymore.

Thanks [MENTION=45820]sxc[/MENTION] - will report back.

Just wanted to report back. The 24 hour rule also applies to ITCI so I was unable to check in for the flight in the morning, but was able to do so in the afternoon (which meant they had to manually open the gates to the check-in area for me). The agent said that the ITCI rule for the whole day prior does not apply to US flights.