How early can I check-in and drop bags at airport for Qantas

[bentheflyer]

Hi everyone! First time poster here

I'm flying on an international QF flight from Sydney and then connecting to a Jetstar Asia flight. The manage booking page on Qantas' website is saying I can't check in online and can only check in at the airport. I have lounge access to want to make the most of it and get there early, but I wanted to check, what's the earliest I can check-in at the airport and drop bags for an international QF flight from Sydney?

Thank you!

 

[AIRwin]

All day check-in at SYD opens at 4:30 am:
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas...es/sydney-t1-international-airport-guide.html

 

[bentheflyer]

Oh awesome, thank you @AIRwin !!

 

[Forg]

All day check-in at SYD opens at 4:30 am:
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas...es/sydney-t1-international-airport-guide.html

Wait … is that not the time that the earliest check-ins open?
You can’t usually check in more than something like 3hrs before your flight can you?
[where the number 3 was made up ‘cos I don’t know what the number is]
Or are you saying that’s changed?

 

[AIRwin]

Wait … is that not the time that the earliest check-ins open?
You can’t usually check in more than something like 3hrs before your flight can you?
[where the number 3 was made up ‘cos I don’t know what the number is]
Or are you saying that’s changed?

QF offers all day check-in at SYD T1

 

[SYD]

QF offers all day check-in at SYD T1

Not anymore. I wouldn’t push more than 4 hrs at the moment.

 

[AIRwin]

Not anymore.

Oh when was this enhancement?

 

[Quickstatus]

Not anymore

The current QF website re checkin (under "departures" does not appear to reflect it. Is there anything definitive from the airline about this?

 

[SYD]

The current QF website re checkin (under "departures" does not appear to reflect it. Is there anything definitive from the airline about this?

There’s been a few reports here of peeps being declined early checkin so I thought I’d ask.

Flew out a week or so ago on QF75 J (SYD-YVR) that departs at 20:25 (nice timing for dinner in the F Lounge). We checked in at the F checkin just over 4 hrs prior. I asked if “all day checkin” is still happening and told “No, because luggage was going missing”. They suggested it was from 4 hrs but I recall someone else here saying “Or when the flight opens for checkin”.

I pointed out that we were checking in more than 4 hrs….

I have no idea what happens at a kiosk and bag drop.

I did mention this in the general chit chat thread in search of an appropriate thread to flag it. This new one is probably as good as any.

 

[Quickstatus]

I pointed out that we were checking in more than 4 hrs….

Thanks
I'll assume that it won't be a strict 4hrs and zero minutes but that a 4am check in for an evening departure will be a knockback

I wonder if the bag drop is the same?

 

[quick_dry]

I didn't have any problems doing several really early check-ins to spend more than 4 hours in the F-lounge on multiple flights out of SYD throughout this year. Maybe I got lucky, so YMMV

 

[Forg]

If you’re checking-in at the F counter I reckon you’ve got a much embiggened chance of being allowed to breeze through where mere plebs would be made to wait.
Probably a given 10 years ago; but the way Qantas have reduced their bend-over-backwards for high-spend customers, I reckon it’s wound back to “more likely” these days.

 

[mrsterryn]

Anyone done an earlier than four hours check in lately ?

 

[lockwoodgh]

Help and Support | Qantas

help.qantas.com

 

[Craig22]

All day check-in at SYD opens at 4:30 am:
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas...es/sydney-t1-international-airport-guide.html

How about checking in flying Qantas overseas? Can you arrive at the airport too early? I'm flying from Tokyo, leaving at 10pm - when's the earliest I can check my bags in?

 

[AIRwin]

How about checking in flying Qantas overseas? Can you arrive at the airport too early? I'm flying from Tokyo, leaving at 10pm - when's the earliest I can check my bags in?

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[Craig22]

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