Short-checking Luggage
Oct 24, 2019 | 9:10 pm
#76
Ambassador, Hong Kong and Macau
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HKG
Programs: Non-top tier Asia Miles member
Posts: 22,133
I couldn't even get a BP for HKG-TPE one-way on Avios tix. Had to be printed at desk. Docs checked and onward tix asked for.
At TPE, online BP was obtained, but docs check was still carried out on me when one of my mates checked in bags. Strangely, onward tix (which would've been the UO tix) not asked for.
Oct 25, 2019 | 5:50 am
#77
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 2,048
If you don't get the response you need I suggest you do as I did and extend the stay in HKG. If I recall correctly, it was less than $100 USD and allowed me to get my luggage and move on. Saying that, I did spend some time touring in Vietnam and loved it, so if you can squeeze in even 48 hours I'm sure you wont regret it.
Apr 22, 2024 | 7:06 am
#81
Join Date: Sep 2023
Posts: 25
Earlier this year, my travel companion and I travelled on MXP-HKG-XXX route with reward ticket and revenue ticket, and holding QR G* and CX SL* respectively. We were both denied to check our bags to HKG only, and the station manager in red clothes told us CX prevent checking bags to HKG if the ticket doesnt allow a stopover. I didnt argue much since the outsourced lady seemed to be experienced. We ended up approaching transit desk in HKG to end our journey, and the ground service company (forgot the name) spent an extra hour to find our bags.
Apr 27, 2025 | 5:15 am
#82
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 7
Follow up - not taking last CX return leg
Hello,
Following up. Considering booking
a trip cash ticket
Outbound:
Bali - HKG- BOS
return:
BOS DFW HKG DPS
Dont have checked bags and may not take the very last leg of the return: HKG To DPS ( Bali)
Exit at HKG.
Would I pay a no show fee for not flying the last leg after flying the two prior legs BOS DFW HKG ? So they Automatically, charge or do not in practice?
Thanks
Following up. Considering booking
a trip cash ticket
Outbound:
Bali - HKG- BOS
return:
BOS DFW HKG DPS
Dont have checked bags and may not take the very last leg of the return: HKG To DPS ( Bali)
Exit at HKG.
Would I pay a no show fee for not flying the last leg after flying the two prior legs BOS DFW HKG ? So they Automatically, charge or do not in practice?
Thanks
Apr 27, 2025 | 7:16 am
#84
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,042
I've yet to hear a single person report of "repercussions" despite hearing about this trick on Flyertalk for well over a decade. Has times changed and airlines are actually starting to crack down now?
Apr 27, 2025 | 12:07 pm
#85
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: CX, Delta
Posts: 116
Whenever I ask call center agents during reservations when they will charge no show fees, they always said that it's charged when the passenger who initially ditched the last segment(s) and then later decide to use them in future. Then the passenger will be charged the no show fees plus the rebooking fees (if the passenger has to change to other flight times). Probably unless a passenger is a frequent offender or such abuses happen on a large-scale among passengers, CX probably may not actively go after the offenders.
May 9, 2025 | 8:52 pm
#87
Join Date: Mar 2024
Programs: Agoda VIP DM; Booking Genius L3; Trip Plt; ... (smirk!) // ALL Accor GO; Ascott ASR SL
Posts: 625
Yes - last week of Apr 2025 short checked at KHH; overnight transit at HKG (~17hrs)
Not a problem with ground staff - only checked in the KHH-HKG leg at KHH but had to check in & collect BP at HKG airport again
PS was a redemption itinerary
Not a problem with ground staff - only checked in the KHH-HKG leg at KHH but had to check in & collect BP at HKG airport again
PS was a redemption itinerary
Jan 14, 2026 | 5:01 pm
#89
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SYD | HGH
Programs: CX DM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton DM, Marriott Plat
Posts: 2,151
I short checked to HKG with a transit of 50 minutes last week. Told them the honest truth that I will be making a change after landing in Hong Kong, and the counter just did it straight away.