I don't believe TG have F out of MEL.

Interesting little thread

As a data point recently flew

BKK-HKG on TG in first then connected to QF HKG-MEL in business Thai had no issue at all checking my bag through, they even asked if Hong Kong was my final destination and so I presented the next ticket and they went and checked the bag through. On Separate tickets.

So I guess overall it is that some airlines treat premium passengers better than others. You can't blame Qantas though I guess if you are in a high wage environment you try to save money where ever you can and this is just an example of that.

Qantas are essentially going to end up going low cost if Jetstar is more profitable for whatever reason than Qantas mainline so that is where the capital gets allocated, so expect more enhancements to Qantas.

I'm surprised such an experienced flyer would be so idiotic as to buy separate tickets instead of a single one ... even if pre-purchased, full price can be reissued with no cost, so no reason to not be on a single ticket. It seems you deliberately seek to create drama, or are just incompetent in buying tickets. The rule is very simple, and has nothing to do with fare class or QFF status: QF interlines on a single ticket, and does not interline to non-OW airlines on separate tickets. QF is not unique in this, the majority of airlines have the same policy (ironically for you, TG does not, they will happily interline for anyone). Given the ease in avoiding this situation, or fixing it before you fly, and the hassle at SYD if not fixed, I'd have thought you'd be spending the time getting the ticket reissued rather than moaning about it on FT.

TG would do the same for a non status customer in Y. It has nothing do to with treating premium passengers better. LH will check a bag through to QF, QF not to LH. Its just an airline policy adopted by QF and many other airlines. You seem to find it more often in oneworld than in the other alliances.

...and yet you still don't know how to fly. Funny old world innit.

FWIW I agree with you!

If you could make the new super plat level in 3 months Qantas should be doing everything in their power to keep you as customer.

want to interline your bags to another carrier? 'Certainly Sir/Madam!' should be the response.

you spend how many tens of thousands of dollars with them each year??... if i had a client like that in my business I'd fall over backwards if they asked me.

On return BKK-SYD-MEL QF provides checkin at the INT terminal to get my bags to MEL. Why not the reverse & get my bags from MEL TO SYD INT?

If QF makes me carry my own bags from SYD DOM to INT terminal then I won't be WP next year, a loss of about $60k premium biz to them.

And enough of this forum for me. (edited)

Why? Because you say so?

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Just because people disagree with you, doesn't make them apologists.

If you choose to book a separate ticket for the domestic leg rather than booking a through ticket, then you can expect that when you check in for a domestic QF flight that you will have to collect it at the end of the trip , so for MEL-SYD, that will be Sydney domestic

If you choose to fly on a OW carrier internationally, QF will check the bag through to the onward international flight

Why not just book a through ticket from Melbourne-Bangkok. If the QF and TG flights have been purchased as a single through itinerary, then QF will check the bags through to the TG flight. Also, should there be a problem with the MEL-SYD flight that causes you to miss the onward flight, QF will have to reroute you to your onward destination. On separate tickets, then you are on your own; QF only is responsible for getting you to Sydney

If you decide not to book a through ticket , expect to lug your own bags to International. If you choose to fly a different carrier to avoid this, then that is your choice

ROFL

That others have taken time to know the policies and know the issues of separate tickets and report factually on the policy and so disagree with what you want the facts to be , does not make them an apologist

Judging by your post count this happens often. Too bad because the advice from FT could have avoided this whole drama; single ticket = no problem, and same cost if full fare

And whilst you may be a QF/TG premium travellor, you aren't anything special on this forum (as far as I can tell). No one here cares what class you travel in (be that Y or F), nor will they afford you any better treatment because you give money to QF or TG

Actually it would be cheaper since there would be no GST to pay on the domestic flight

( ok there are ways to avoid the GST by using overseas sales points , but I doubt that the OP would have done that )

But they are 2 Seperate International Sectors whereas MEL-SYD and SYD-BKK are not.

Through check-in is done so that International to International passengers do not have to go through potential complex Visa Requirements.

Ah - good point. But I can't see anywhere where this has been applied to original poster.

If Qantas can interline between non partner airlines when it is all on the one ticket, why not go the extra step and interline baggage for a CIP?

If gaia holds true to his promise, the director of the board responsible for losing $60k plus over a, what, $20 bag handling charge? should be fired.

It just doesn't make sense.

The OP knows now that purchasing a through ticket is advantageous. But we don't know why the tickets were purchased separately, could have been that the MEL-SYD add-on was a later addition.

Anyways, I'm with the OP here. Qantas' PR department should be with the OP here.

One wonders what benefits P1 will offer if they can't use discretion in a case like this to interline bags for a clear CIP.