My partner and I haven't flown QF together for some time, in fact I think last time we did he still had AA status as OWE. A couple of weeks ago, we did fly economy together, SIN-LHR. I am SG and my partner PS status. We checked in together with bookings on same PNR, and both of our items of checked luggage were tagged with priority tags. However my suitcase came out first and I was on the train half way to T4 (to meet his mother) before his suitcase emerged. We noticed the priority tag had actually been removed from his suitcase.
Not a big deal in this instance as he remained at T3 whilst we returned from T4, and it's seemed to be a miracle that priority baggage was actually afforded priority anyway, but is it the case that only the status holder on the PNR gets priority luggage, or was it just inadvertent that this happened (was accidentally ripped off, although didn't look like it) ? If it is the case, next time we'll check in at the machines rather than counter and put both items under my name. When we travel together on EK we always both get priority baggage when on same PNR (via my QF gold status).
Not a big deal in this instance as he remained at T3 whilst we returned from T4, and it's seemed to be a miracle that priority baggage was actually afforded priority anyway, but is it the case that only the status holder on the PNR gets priority luggage, or was it just inadvertent that this happened (was accidentally ripped off, although didn't look like it) ? If it is the case, next time we'll check in at the machines rather than counter and put both items under my name. When we travel together on EK we always both get priority baggage when on same PNR (via my QF gold status).