What time does Int'l check-in at Sydney OPEN?
Jan 24, 2013, 7:04 pm
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Jan 24, 2013, 9:13 pm
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Mar 1, 2014, 5:31 am
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QF at SYD and MEL allow check-in at any time the same day for international flights (but not overnight). At overseas locations such as LHR and HKG the limit is 3 hours prior to flight departure and it is fairly rigorously enforced; luckily for you SYD has no such limitation.
Mar 1, 2014, 6:36 am
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Check-in at SYD T1 is open from 4.00am AEST daily.
Mar 1, 2014, 6:38 am
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Mar 1, 2014, 7:04 am
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Check-in at MEL T2 should be open from 3.30am to midnight.
"Note: Check-in for Qantas International flights is 3 hours before departure."
Mar 2, 2014, 12:52 am
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Mar 2, 2014, 12:53 am
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It hasn't but while this thread is about Sydney, an earlier poster said Melbourne also had all day check in which is NOT the case and it was that information that was being corrected.
Mar 2, 2014, 2:24 am
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The corresponding SYD page does not have that stricture.
Mar 2, 2014, 2:55 pm
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Sorry this thread has made me a little confused for a status run I have in a couple of weeks; some guidance would be much appreciated.
I'm 40 SCs off requalifying for Gold so have booked a return WLG-SYD in two weekends time. Not relevant to this post, but I received a double SC offer so it'll be worth 80 SCs.
I've timed the status run to coincide with some travel my partner has WLG-SYD-HKG on QF, so we're booked on the same WLG-SYD flight. She will be travelling Premium Economy SYD-HKG so won't have lounge access so I was hoping to be able to guest her into the lounge and spend some time with her there before her flight on to HKG and my flight back to WLG.
This is where the potential problems arise. Our flight from WLG gets in at 0845 and my return flight doesn't depart until 1730. Before anyone asks, no, I don't mind spending that much time in the lounge/airport. I'll have plenty of work to do and am regularly in Sydney.
My only question is, as i'll presumably have to exit and re-enter through customs, how early am I able to do that? I will not have any check-in bags, if that makes a difference, and I could do online check-in if that is available.
I'm 40 SCs off requalifying for Gold so have booked a return WLG-SYD in two weekends time. Not relevant to this post, but I received a double SC offer so it'll be worth 80 SCs.
I've timed the status run to coincide with some travel my partner has WLG-SYD-HKG on QF, so we're booked on the same WLG-SYD flight. She will be travelling Premium Economy SYD-HKG so won't have lounge access so I was hoping to be able to guest her into the lounge and spend some time with her there before her flight on to HKG and my flight back to WLG.
This is where the potential problems arise. Our flight from WLG gets in at 0845 and my return flight doesn't depart until 1730. Before anyone asks, no, I don't mind spending that much time in the lounge/airport. I'll have plenty of work to do and am regularly in Sydney.
My only question is, as i'll presumably have to exit and re-enter through customs, how early am I able to do that? I will not have any check-in bags, if that makes a difference, and I could do online check-in if that is available.
Mar 2, 2014, 3:43 pm
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Our flight from WLG gets in at 0845 and my return flight doesn't depart until 1730. Before anyone asks, no, I don't mind spending that much time in the lounge/airport. I'll have plenty of work to do and am regularly in Sydney.
My only question is, as i'll presumably have to exit and re-enter through customs, how early am I able to do that? I will not have any check-in bags, if that makes a difference, and I could do online check-in if that is available.
My only question is, as i'll presumably have to exit and re-enter through customs, how early am I able to do that? I will not have any check-in bags, if that makes a difference, and I could do online check-in if that is available.
Mar 2, 2014, 4:27 pm
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Go with your partner through the Transfer Exit.
Mar 2, 2014, 5:17 pm
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Bear in mind though, as a QF status member, any person you guest into the lounge must be on the same flight as you. (While as a OneWorld status member, you can guest a person in the lounge as long as their next onward flight is on a OneWorld carrier).
The F Lounge staff has indicated that they will overlook the same flight requirement for QF Status members if the person doing the guesting is flying with Qantas but were applying the rules as written when I (flying on CX) wanted to guest a friend (not flying CX).
The F Lounge staff has indicated that they will overlook the same flight requirement for QF Status members if the person doing the guesting is flying with Qantas but were applying the rules as written when I (flying on CX) wanted to guest a friend (not flying CX).