aussietravellers
who LOVE disney holidays!
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
It really depends if you are on a Virgin Blue flight from Melbourne to Sydney then a VAustralia flight from Syd to LAX. If your Melb/Syd flight is operated by Virgin Blue (which you can find out if you go to VAustralias website and pretend to book your same flight. When it comes up with the different flights for you to choose and you see yours, if you just run your curser over the VA flight number and it will say operated by Virgin Blue or by VAustralia.
If it is operated by Virgin Blue then you will check in at the Virgin Blue domestic area, but they will check your bags right the way through to LA and they will usually give you your boarding passes for the Syd/LAX flight too, so you won't have to collect the bags until you arrive in LAX. Then when you get to Syd, you will just have to make your way over to the international terminal and head through customs.
If it is operated by Virgin Blue then you will check in at the Virgin Blue domestic area, but they will check your bags right the way through to LA and they will usually give you your boarding passes for the Syd/LAX flight too, so you won't have to collect the bags until you arrive in LAX. Then when you get to Syd, you will just have to make your way over to the international terminal and head through customs.