Early check in of luggage Jetstar

[auspal]

Why couldn’t you take all your bags to the lounge, then go back to the checkin counter when it opened two hours later?

The lounge was too far away. Didn't think we could get our cases through security as they contained aerosols and sprays, nail file etc or could we have got them through ?

 

[Xrayspice]

The lounge was too far away. Didn't think we could get our cases through security as they contained aerosols and sprays, nail file etc or could we have got them through ?

You had hours to get to the lounge and return. You might have to forgo your $6 deodorant, but could be worth it, if it happens again.

 

[PSS]

Hi, has anyone had luck with earlier check-in for Jetstar (beyond the 3 hours as stated on Jetstar website) from SYD T1 international?

 

[AIRwin]

Hi, has anyone had luck with earlier check-in for Jetstar (beyond the 3 hours as stated on Jetstar website) from SYD T1 international?

I've asked the Service Desk before but that was a few years back and I was travelling without any checked baggage...

 

[Hvr]

Hi, has anyone had luck with earlier check-in for Jetstar (beyond the 3 hours as stated on Jetstar website) from SYD T1 international?

My most recent experience with JQ in Melbourne international, is that the self check in area opened three hours prior to the flight and only then could a luggage tag be printed off and sent down the chute.

Staff weren't able to assist until check in opened and only for the flight that was being checked in.

 

[Quickstatus]

I think JQ only allows check in 2hrs prior to departure is so that when they cancel a flight, the passenger is the one left holding the bags especially when the cancellation occurs more than 2 hrs prior to a flight. It reduces bag handling in the event of a cancellation.

 

[AIRwin]

the passenger is the one left holding the bags baby

 

[jpp42]

I've seen how baggage handling is operated at a moderately sized airport - for flights that are currently being checked in, a baggage carousel is assigned per flight (in the back of house area). It looks a lot like the carousel you see when picking up luggage but instead there are luggage vans / containers parked alongside. The system sorts the bags onto the designated carousel and then a staff member takes each bag off the carousel and loads into the vans for the specific flight. If a carousel hasn't been assigned yet for a particular flight, there would be nowhere for it to go. In the airport I was visiting, these bags were sorted into a special "exception area" and they had luggage vans set up to hold them temporarily, sorted by hour based on the future flight time. At that future time, they would be re-inserted into the sorting conveyors, since the flights for that hour would now have carousels assigned, and only then would the bag make it to the van/container to be taken to the aircraft.

From this system it's evident that bags accepted too early have to go somewhere - in this case to a manual hold area. I know that larger and more automated airports have automated storage systems where each individual bag goes to a shelf for later retrieval. This is obviously expensive to install and operate and would still have capacity limits.

I think it makes total sense that low cost airlines would sign contracts with airports that guarantee bags would not be delivered to the sorting system too early, and therefore require extra handling and storage. Full service airlines would be more willing to pay the fees involved. It's all about you get what you pay for.

 

[aikman]

Jetstar domestic check in at Melbourne is all self serve so presumably you can check your bags in at any time with no staff member there to reject you.

Does Jetstar pay more for bag storage systems in MEL but not at SYD?

 

[dajop]

Jetstar domestic check in at Melbourne is all self serve so presumably you can check your bags in at any time with no staff member there to reject you.

As opposed to "Computer says no"? I'd suggest the self serve system is programmed to not accept and send off bags outside certain time limits.

 

[justinbrett]

Jetstar domestic check in at Melbourne is all self serve so presumably you can check your bags in at any time with no staff member there to reject you.

Does Jetstar pay more for bag storage systems in MEL but not at SYD?

Absolutely not. The computer indeed does say no until exactly within 2 hours.

I remember once at MEL sitting there scanning my BP every minute until it accepted it.

You might get more leeway with a human (at least 2:05 perhaps).

 

[dylarr]

Absolutely not. The computer indeed does say no until exactly within 2 hours.

I remember once at MEL sitting there scanning my BP every minute until it accepted it.

You might get more leeway with a human (at least 2:05 perhaps).

Exactly. Been there and done that before. The self serve kiosks will let you print your bag tags and boarding pass beyond 2 hours. But don't bother trying to put it through the bag drop as it will reject until T-2 hours.

I also find the human bag drop at SYD quite strict. Often they'll be making announcements telling people who don't have a flight departing within 2 hours to leave the line.