Next day, its PER-xSYD-HBA in QF business and I was again tracking my checked bag with Apple AirTags.
Been a while since I checked a bag at a major Qantas airport, and it wasn't a pleasant experience. HBA (not a major port) still have lovely check-in agents).
Check in kiosks; about 2 out of every 5 were inoperative..
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Bag drop - maybe 1 out of 4 were not working. Then to 'departures'. Hmmm ... two streams, one for T3 departures and one for T4, with access to different gates. Who the hell looks at departure gate # before you get to the lounge? No departures board in sight. Took a punt and chose one and it turned out to be correct. QP not bad, except toaster and pancake maker ... not working
Anyway, flight over to SYD was v good. A Henschke Riesling PDB and regular top ups through the flight. Wonderful cabin crew. Lunch was a choice of barra and tomato sauce, something chicken and a salad. the barra was good, but the tomato got watery, of course.
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Wi-fi across the continent and on approach to SYD I checked that my bag was on the flight. WTF?
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They've jettisoned my bag at Leichardt????
I know I say some unkind things about Qantas on AFF, but sheesh!
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Fortunately, by the time we taxied, the bag had bounced as far as the airport grounds
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My bag kept bouncing and rolling until it eventually came close to the plane
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A stop at the QP and on the flight to HBA they offered a 'refreshment' which turned out to be a 'full' butter chicken meal,
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My bag looks like its gone to Gate 1, notwithstanding we are leaving from Gate 9
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I and my bag arrived safely at HBA and that was that. Just picked up my car and drove the hour home.