Hi,

I have a couple questions i was hoping someone could help me with.

1) if travelling on QF LAX-SYD-MEL, would i have any problems transferring in SYD with my luggage, i.e. would they give me problems as different weight restrictions on domestic than from LAx-SYD.

2) could i do the following RTW route. (I'm not too familiar with oneworld 4 continent rules: MEL-SYD-HKG-CDG-LHR-YUL-NYC-HKG-SYD-MEL?

Thanks

goodo

#1, I don't know, as I only check one bag if any at all.

#2 technically depends on whether you stop in hkg between syd and cdg. If not, then it is fine. Otherwise, they might make you take qf from jfk to syd. If, of course, you get a really anal agent. Though I changed the routing, they didn't seem to care that I routed syd-hkg-jfk after a stop in asia.

#1, They shouldn't, provided you are traveling on the single ticket.

Your RTW routing seems fine. You can add a lot more segments if you have the time or to get more mileage.

I am looking at my latest copy of the QF timetable with baggage rules. They treat domestic flts connecting with intnl flts as continuing connections and give you the intnl allowance (page 17).

Carry on baggage is a different story. The limits are same on domestic and intnl. However, on domestic QF, they are very strict about enforcing limits and on intnl it depends on load and staff. I an AA EXP and BA Gold travelling on Biz fare and still got "looks". Luckily, I did get away but they generally hold you to the limit of 2 bags at most 7 Kilos each (15.4 lbs).

Allowances for checked in baggage are higher for intnl (2 pieces in intnl econ vs. 1 piece for domestic econ). The per baggage limit is the same 32kgs (70 lbs). Biz on domestic gets 3 pieces while on intnl all classes are allowed 2 pieces (the dimensions allowed for first are more liberal than econ on US/Aus flts).

Check the Qantas board for more specific info.

[This message has been edited by clouds2cloud (edited 07-04-2001).]

Re: more stops, i would love to maximise mileage if possible but I'll be travelling together with someone on the whole routing most probably, stopping for a few days in hkg, a day in cdg and a day in london with a very long stop in yul. The only option i think i could do is somewhere in North America till i fly from YUl back home. How many more segments can i do?

thanks
goodo