Qantas Prem Ecom v's Sthn China Business Class

[flychrisfly]

It does look good.
AP lands in LAX at 13:25 and I am looking at an Alaska Air flight to YVR at 14:55. Is 90 minutes enough time to grab the bags and checkin ? Have never been thru LAX and have no idea of the time required for transit.

Another noob question - if I am not leaving the airport at LA do I go through customs to get the bags and then check back in ? Or does LA have some intransit system to get the bags without going thru customs?

I think you always "enter" the US on arrival. You'll have to clear immigarions and collect your bags, clear customs then dump your bags on the belts for your next airline - just follow the crowd. 90 mins is pretty tight. I only just made a 2.5 hr connection once, but that was from a flight that landed earlier in the morning (peak hour??).

 

[flychrisfly]

I don't think ( and I may well be wrong ) that Air Pacific price of $3000 return is correct. Just been on the AP site and for June 2014 their SYD-LAX price for business class starts at $3577 pp one way.

Note that return airfares are not always double the one way fare. For edxample, on Qantas.com using random dates: SYD-LHR in whY is $1504 and the cost of SYD-LHR in a SYD-LHR-SYD itinerary is $1280 for the same outward date.

 

[serfty]

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I did not know about the AA 30 day [-]pass[/-]membership. Is there a link to a thread that discusses this? I will also go searching. Thanks for the tip.

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....aadvantage/ac-30-day-membership-qf-37926.html

It's a "Membership" not a "pass".

 

[bryanjones]

I think you always "enter" the US on arrival. You'll have to clear immigarions and collect your bags, clear customs then dump your bags on the belts for your next airline - just follow the crowd. 90 mins is pretty tight. I only just made a 2.5 hr connection once, but that was from a flight that landed earlier in the morning (peak hour??).

Yes correct - might be able to get bags checked through on another partner airline, depends on which airline is taken to YVR. I would definitely not risk the 90 min connection, might make it, might not. Not worth the stress in my opinion unless travelling on the same airline all the way through.