Let me start by saying that I'm happy for better ideas. My BA Gold (OW Emerald) status is about to expire and most likely I will never get to OW Emerald again. Hence why I would like to spend as much time as possible in the QF First lounge in Sydney with my family prior to our flight. We're off to NZ on my birthday so I figured it would be adequate to spend the day in the lounge.
So far so good but we're away for 10 days so can't just travel with carry on bags. We'd need at least one suitcase for the 3 of us in addition to our carry ons (3x 7kg). Would it be possible to store a suitcase at the international terminal (I've seen the facitilies and think it's about $25 per bag or so), check-in online and proceed through immigration to the F lounge to spend a few hours there. Then 3h prior to the flight I would leave and need to go back to retrieve the locked bag and check it in for our flight.
I have a feeling this won't be possible due to me having "left the country" and then coming back. So is there any other way around this? QF doesn't allow check-in the night before or dropping bags more than -3h before the flight, correct? In true FF spirit there must be a way...
So far so good but we're away for 10 days so can't just travel with carry on bags. We'd need at least one suitcase for the 3 of us in addition to our carry ons (3x 7kg). Would it be possible to store a suitcase at the international terminal (I've seen the facitilies and think it's about $25 per bag or so), check-in online and proceed through immigration to the F lounge to spend a few hours there. Then 3h prior to the flight I would leave and need to go back to retrieve the locked bag and check it in for our flight.
I have a feeling this won't be possible due to me having "left the country" and then coming back. So is there any other way around this? QF doesn't allow check-in the night before or dropping bags more than -3h before the flight, correct? In true FF spirit there must be a way...
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