Scarlett
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I've booked my better half a connection at SIN arriving MH J and then departing SQ Y+ (VA award booking). I'll also be booking her a layover in the airport hotel to get some decent sleep.
Now, whilst I know she can check in and collect her onwards boarding pass at the SQ Transfer Desks, can she also check a bag at that point? I've never taken enough notice of whether they have luggage acceptance facilities there when at SIN.
The background to the question is that the inbound flight arrives 0025 and the onward outbound flight is 0705 (to SYD). I figure with the J carry on allowance on MH of 14KG she can travel HLO, but the SQ flight then has only 7KG allowed for Y+ and that is probably not viable. So, assuming it's possible, I've recommended to her to travel HLO on the MH flight and then check the bag when collecting her SQ boarding pass. No need to go landside, and quicker to get into the T3 airside hotel and get a few hours sleep.
Is this possible?
As an alternative, if she checks a bag on MH inbound, can she give the baggage tag details to SQ staff on check-in at the transfer desks and get them to do the baggage transfer for her? I know this used to be the case many years ago, but not sure if Changi still do it.
The third (and less favoured) option is to arrive at the departure gate in the morning with two carry-on bags and see what SQ do. Will they make her check one at that point? Is there a cost, noting that she won't have used any of her included checked baggage allowance at that point?
And of course there's always the final option of just entering Singapore, claiming a bag, rechecking it with SQ and then returning airside to the hotel, but that eats into valuable sleep time so is priority number last!
Thanks all.
(interestingly, I can't mark this with the question prefix, as clicking in that space or on the drop down arrow next to the title, I can only see the grey border at the top of what I assume is the 'prefixes selection box'. I can't actually make a selection, or indeed see any box or text.)
Now, whilst I know she can check in and collect her onwards boarding pass at the SQ Transfer Desks, can she also check a bag at that point? I've never taken enough notice of whether they have luggage acceptance facilities there when at SIN.
The background to the question is that the inbound flight arrives 0025 and the onward outbound flight is 0705 (to SYD). I figure with the J carry on allowance on MH of 14KG she can travel HLO, but the SQ flight then has only 7KG allowed for Y+ and that is probably not viable. So, assuming it's possible, I've recommended to her to travel HLO on the MH flight and then check the bag when collecting her SQ boarding pass. No need to go landside, and quicker to get into the T3 airside hotel and get a few hours sleep.
Is this possible?
As an alternative, if she checks a bag on MH inbound, can she give the baggage tag details to SQ staff on check-in at the transfer desks and get them to do the baggage transfer for her? I know this used to be the case many years ago, but not sure if Changi still do it.
The third (and less favoured) option is to arrive at the departure gate in the morning with two carry-on bags and see what SQ do. Will they make her check one at that point? Is there a cost, noting that she won't have used any of her included checked baggage allowance at that point?
And of course there's always the final option of just entering Singapore, claiming a bag, rechecking it with SQ and then returning airside to the hotel, but that eats into valuable sleep time so is priority number last!
Thanks all.
(interestingly, I can't mark this with the question prefix, as clicking in that space or on the drop down arrow next to the title, I can only see the grey border at the top of what I assume is the 'prefixes selection box'. I can't actually make a selection, or indeed see any box or text.)
