I will be travelling on JQ to SIN from SYD via DRW. Booking JQ flights via their website only has 75mins between arriving and departing - is this achievable? Will both boarding passes be issued at SYD? Will luggage have to be collected and re-checked in?
AV8 please advise actual flight numbers and dates your're booked - that way we'll know for sure.
I'm guessing you're on JQ73 SYD/DRW (goes on to SGN) then disembarking in DRW connecting on JQ61 (ex MEL) DRW/SIN? I wouldn't bother with calling JQ call centres as they have precious little idea of what goes on at airports. If you need to know what goes on at the airport the best people to speak to are the staff at the airport.
As JQ in SYD are checking you in your luggage should be through checked all the way to SIN and I expect both boarding passes would be issued in SYD. I've never seen pax having to collect their bag
outbound. Even pax flying domestically into DRW on QF have their bags through checked on to JQ international flights but not all have the intl JQ boarding pass ex DRW but that's no big deal. It depends what city they've come from.
Worst case scenario if you only get first boarding pass, on arrival in DRW make your way down the escalators then turn right and go to the JQ Service Desk at counter 16 to get your boarding pass then head back up the escalators & turn right for customs & the international departures area.
Everyone on your flight JQ61 DRW/SIN will need to clear outbound customs in DRW irrespective of whether they joined that flight is MEL or they've come from another city like you & are changing flights in DRW. If purchasing duty free you would be buying it from JR Duty Free in DRW.
All JQ flights BNE/DRW/DPS or MEL/DRW/SIN or SYD/DRW/SGN operate as a domestic flight from the southern capital into DRW then become an international flight ex DRW. Remember you would checkin at T2 in SYD the normal domestic terminal for JQ domestic flights
not SYD international terminal.
The only exception is JQ57 CNS/DRW/SIN & vv which is a through international flight so even if flying CNS/DRW only the LAGS screening would apply.
If you are returning through DRW also in Asia although your bag may be checked through to your final destination eg SIN/DRW/SYD JQ58/JQ74 you must clear customs with your bag in DRW then drop your bag off at the JQ international bag drop queue before heading upstairs again where your flight continues down south as a domestic flight and therefore arrive at T2 the JQ domestic terminal.
Don't worry I'm sure things will work out fine.
Have a great trip.
Cheers
Oz