Trip Questions: Connecting from Mel to SYD (QF)-HKG-NY (CX)

[EuroFlyer]

Hi everyone,
Not been on here for a while. I have a trip coming up in July that Im excited by. I am connecting from Mel to Sydney wiht QF in J on a seperate ticket and then on to HKG and NYC with CX in J and F. I have a few questions that I though people here may have some suggestions/intel on. I am a QF platinum.

1 - Has anyone been able to have their bag tagged through with QF onto CX on a seperate booking. My thoughts are this could be hit and miss.
2 - What would people suggest in HKG for lounges. I have 4 hours to burn and it will be early circa 5am. Would you go to the Wing or pier for brekkie, is there a better option for brekkie or are they both the same (good).

Thanks for the help,
EuroFlyer

 

[Hvr]

For lounges I visited the HKG CX F lounge just after immigration yesterday morning at 0630 hours and quite enjoyed the breakfast. They have the cababs there if you enjoy them.

For further reviews we'll be visiting several HKG lounges next Sunday night and will review them live.

HKG lounge crawl 10 June 2018