Have I left enough time to recheck bags in SYD?

[filtercore]

Feeling a little worried about some upcoming travel arrangements - do I have cause for concern here?

Work has booked me on a Friday morning 0600 MEL to SYD, arriving 0725; then 0950 SYD to LAX. This is all on the same booking, so my baggage will be checked through (I assume).

I've separately booked rewards seats for my partner on the same flights. Unfortunately I've booked his MEL to SYD and SYD to LAX reservations separately, and the Virgin call centre can't connect the flights into a single itinerary. They've advised me it's not guaranteed his luggage will be checked through, so we should plan to collect from domestic and recheck at international.

Will we have enough time to do this? I'm guessing we do, but it's... nagging at me, and I'd be more comfortable with advice from others Haven't ever flown internationally from SYD, only MEL.

I'll see if Virgin can connect his flights when we check in, but just planning for the worst case scenario. (Seriously, I have a recurring nightmare about missed filights and it's all coming to life, haha)

 

[Skyring]

Feeling a little worried about some upcoming travel arrangements - do I have cause for concern here?

Work has booked me on a Friday morning 0600 MEL to SYD, arriving 0725; then 0950 SYD to LAX. This is all on the same booking, so my baggage will be checked through (I assume).

I've separately booked rewards seats for my partner on the same flights. Unfortunately I've booked his MEL to SYD and SYD to LAX reservations separately, and the Virgin call centre can't connect the flights into a single itinerary. They've advised me it's not guaranteed his luggage will be checked through, so we should plan to collect from domestic and recheck at international.

Will we have enough time to do this? I'm guessing we do, but it's... nagging at me, and I'd be more comfortable with advice from others Haven't ever flown internationally from SYD, only MEL.

I'll see if Virgin can connect his flights when we check in, but just planning for the worst case scenario. (Seriously, I have a recurring nightmare about missed filights and it's all coming to life, haha)

If Virgin can connect, then that'll be great. The Virgin transfer bus (unlike the Qantas one) leaves airside, has a stop landside after baggage claim, and then goes clockwise and under the runway to arrive outside the international terminal, ready for checkin.

You've got plenty of time to make the physical journey, but I'm wondering about checkin cutoff for international flights in SYD.

 

[kpc]

Why can't you check his luggage under your name /ticket? Ps Virgin won't connect flights on separate PNRs even Va to Va

 

[filtercore]

Why can't you check his luggage under your name /ticket? Ps Virgin won't connect flights on separate PNRs even Va to Va

Ah, this didn't even occur to me. Thank you! I've got enough luggage allowance with Velocity Gold to check in his luggage. Then we can presumably just jump on the Virgin transfer bus and both checkin at SYD International without worrying about luggage dramas.