Connecting flights/ luggage question

[Bluesince1979]

Ive googled this best i can but the answeres appear pretty non specific so asking you seasoned flyers …

My son goes to aus on the 28th dec.
Flights are;
Swiss air : manc-switzwrland
Swiss air: switzerland - hong kong
Cathay : HK - sydney

His question that hes in a mild panic over is;

Does he just drop his luggage at manchester and collect in sydney or at any point of the connecting flights does he have to collect luggage and re check in. Particularly on the HK-syd flight where he is changing airlines?

And at any point does he have to go through immigration/passport control or does he stay air side throughout ?

Hes travelling alone which is a huge deal for him (and me as a parent) and hes in a dither over it. I want to re-assure him.
If hes in a dither/ill be in a dither :))

 

[Blue Mist]

The changing airlines thing is the worry for me before I answer.

Did he do one booking to get him to Hong Kong and then a totally separate booking for HK to Sydney.
If he did he will have to collect his luggage at HK.

Also, I think that requires him leaving passport control at HK , basically leaving the airport terminal and returning through a new check in. It might even be a different terminal.

 

[Bluesince1979]

The changing airlines thing is the worry for me before I answer.

Did he do one booking to get him to Hong Kong and then a totally separate booking for HK to Sydney.
If he did he will have to collect his luggage at HK.

Also, I think that requires him leaving passport control at HK , basically leaving the airport terminal and returning through a new check in. It might even be a different terminal.

Im 99% sure he just booked manchester to sydney and the connecting flights were done for him

 

[Blue Mist]

Part 2.

Is there not a UK telephone number for Swiss Air that will confirm the above

 

[Bluesince1979]

Part 2.

Is there not a UK telephone number for Swiss Air that will confirm the above

Hes only just rang me this morning. As its drawing nearer hes panicking, as is his way. Hes coming round at weekend with all the details to sort

 

[SWPISHOME]

The changing airlines thing is the worry for me before I answer.

Did he do one booking to get him to Hong Kong and then a totally separate booking for HK to Sydney.
If he did he will have to collect his luggage at HK.

Also, I think that requires him leaving passport control at HK , basically leaving the airport terminal and returning through a new check in. It might even be a different terminal.

This is correct.

We've a lad in work and this conversation always comes up, He has a bird in the Phillipines and is always travelling over and back.

The changing of airlines is the issue, If he booked with the same airline he would be fine, Because the last flight is with a different company he'll have to do as @Blue Mist has said in his post.

On top of that, Because it's another Airline he's flying with on his last flight, If its a case of Swiss Air being delayed, The Cathay flight won't wait around. If it's all the same airline with connecting flights they wait.

 

[Blue Mist]

Im 99% sure he just booked manchester to sydney and the connecting flights were done for him

Just a follow on.
'Done for him' by who?
If it's a travel agent ring them and ask.

Oh and before anyone else suggests it, I'd go to the main Swiss Air office and...........

Brick all their windows and torch the place.

 

[aka blue jambo]

Are both airlines part of One World or another group?
If so should be ok

 

[decmancity]

How did he book it. If it was Skyscanner and then some subsequent travel agent then they will tell you exactly what to do in the emails.

Aside from that, what a random way to get to Sydney, making an already humongous trip even worse!

 

[hampshireblue]

From the Cathay website:

Codeshare covers

• Swiss flights between Zurich and Berlin, Brussels, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Venice, Florence, Geneva, Hong Kong
• Cathay Pacific flights between Hong Kong and Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney, Zurich.

As long as there is one locator (5 or 6 alphanumeric code) for the whole trip, it would appear that Cathay and Swiss do have a codeshare agreement on the route to Oz. I can't be 100% but I would think that also applies to baggage. Without giving any thing away that is personal information, can you supply us with the flight numbers he's on?