Hello all

I will be travelling (hopefully) next year. I cannot find the answers to my question on the Qantas website, and have been going round in circles trying to get an answer via Messenger. I don't need to purchase any additional weight.

My Qantaslink and Qantas domestic flights from Hervey Bay to Sydney (via Brisbane) have a suitcase dimension allowance of 140cm.

My Qantas international flight from Sydney has a suitcase dimension allowance of 158cm.

I will be travelling with a 158cm suitcase on both the domestic and international flights. My domestic flights to Sydney are scheduled the day before the international flight, therefore, international baggage allowances don't apply.

Am wondering if the frequent flyers are able to answer the following quesfion please:

What do I need to do to be able to travel with a 158cm suitcase on a Qantaslink and Qantas domestic flight please? How do I get permission to exceed the allowed suitcase size?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Welcome to FT, Caryn Patterson! How long is the layover in Sydney and are all the flights on one ticket?

Thanks Downunferflyer

Flights are not on the same ticket, and there is an overnight stay in Sydney. Our domestic flights wouldn't have got us in to Sydney in time.

Coming home is no issue, as all flights are scheduled on the same day. I understand that international allowances will apply in this situation.

I have been advised that as long as I keep the weight of the bag at (or below) 23kgs in the flights to Sydney, that it should be OK? That the suitcase might be treated as a bulky item?

Kind of makes it confusing for people who need to fly in from regional areas to make an international flight.

Thanks in advance. Any advice appreciated.

The simple answer is you can't solve your problem by adding extra luggage. You've booked separate tickets and the allowance doesn't apply over the two different days. That being said I've never seen them be that picky about bag size more just weight when flying from regional ports.

I used to fly regularly with a bag that was above even the international allowances in terms of size (through genuine ignorance of the rules). One time I had to take it to the oversized luggage drop off, other than that it was never an issue

this was during a period when I had no status with Qantas

I wouldn�t worry too much