I have a couple of laptops. One for work and one for personal use and don’t want to carry it on me. Can I chuck them in the checked in baggage and be done with it? Is there any prohibition for that? If it helps, I am flying out of Melbourne Tullamarine on Hainan Airlines to Abu Dhabi - UAE with a stopover in Hainan (Haikou) - China.
Further updates as many have asked about battery size. One laptop is a MacBook Pro 14” and the other is a MacBook Air 13”. Both less than 100wh I would imagine. I might even have to carry a Lenovo Thinkpad that’s around 53Wh. I’m going with family so we have about 6 bags. I can spread the laptops across the bags. The reason don’t want to carry on with me is that we already have stuff that will reach allowable limits of 10kgs. Things like iPads and Switch. And basic stuff that we need to carry as a family. But if push came to shove I’ll just suck it up and carry on.
If they have removable batteries, which you remove beforehand, that should be fine. Though make sure they’re surrounded by padding material, as checked luggage can be subject to shocks.
I would take them as carry-on myself.