Questions tagged [short-connections]
Where connections, typically between flights, leave little margin (such as close to Minimum Connection Times between terminals).
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1.5hr connecting flight in Toronto
I'm traveling from PDX to TLV roundtrip from June to August this summer and ended up on some 3rd party airfare sites. I found the above fare on Cheapoair and have a few questions.
Is the 1.5hr ...
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How to go from Ataturk domestic terminal on arrival level to Ataturk international terminal on departure level? [closed]
In March I will be flying from Turkey to Italy. The first flight is from Izmir to Istanbul Ataturk, and lands at 16:10. The second flight is from Istanbul Ataturk to Venice (Italy) and takes off at 17:...
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2-hour connection in Sydney from United international flight to Virgin Australia domestic flight
We, husband, 11-month old and I, are going to fly SFO to Adelaide via Sydney. Since my SFO to Sydney is on FFQ points, I'm unable to book my Sydney to Adelaide Virgin flight on the same ticket.
Is 2-...
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Travel insurance for very short missed connection
I'm taking a flight with only a 1 hour layover. Although it's one ticket with the same airline, missing the connection would cause big delays as the airline's next flight to the final destination is ...
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Minimum connection time in Sydney
How much time do we need in the Sydney airport, arriving from Los Angeles on Delta airlines, connecting to Virgin Australia to Queenstown, New Zealand? We have carry-on bags only.
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Is 40 minutes transit time sufficient to take an international flight in DFW Texas?
I've booked an American Airlines round trip flight from London to Phoenix. For the return journey, the transit time at Dallas Fort Worth airport is 41 minutes.
I do not hold a residence permit of the ...
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Transit time, United to Primera at Newark
I am booking flights for my son, Syracuse to Newark dep 19:35 arr 20:58 (United),
then Newark to London Stansted dep 22.50 (Primera Air). This is in May. Will there be enough time for him ?
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Traveling from JNB to DUB through IST
I will be traveling from JNB to DUB with a layover in Istanbul. All my flights will be on Turkish Airlines. Is 2 hours and 15 minutes enough time in Istanbul to make my connecting flight? Do I have to ...
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Transit time required in Istanbul airport
I am travelling from Africa to London, connecting in Istanbul. Both flights are on Turkish Airlines, same ticket. No checked bags. I have a 55 minute connect time. Assuming the inbound flight is close ...
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Minimum conection time in MIA from Buenos Aires?
I'll be traveling to MIA from Buenos Aires with LATAM Airlines. I'll then take an AA flight to MCO. The connection time (if everything goes as scheduled) is 2 hours 16 minutes.
Is that enough time to ...
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35 minutes between connections on Newark airport
I am flying from Chicago to Aruba with a connecting flight in Newark. Between the landing time and take off time is 35 minutes. Is it a viable travel plan? I am flying United.
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Return trip with less than 24h stay—what if I miss the return flight due to delay on the onward flight?
I am considering buying an A → B → A round-trip ticket from Air France with a very tight timing: the onward flight would arrive on a Monday, and I would need to return immediately on Tuesday.
Suppose ...
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How manageable are connections at Dubai Airport Terminal 3?
I have tickets that have me go via Dubai, giving me with around 2 hours transit time. I will be coming from Frankfurt to Dubai on Emirates EK046 and leaving on Emirates EK570. I don't know either the ...
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Is 30 minutes enough for a transit in Munich airport Terminal 2?
I have a flight from New York to Ankara via Munich. My flight to Ankara is just 30 minutes after the arrival of my first flight. Both flights are in Terminal 2. Is there a problem for such situations ...
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Flight leaves from Cairo to Dubai just after midnight, but getting in from Saudi Arabia on non-connecting flight the same day
We are traveling roundtrip from the US to Cairo through Dubai (on Emirates), but during the latter part of our stay in Egypt we're flying over to Saudi Arabia for a few days (going in to Jeddah and ...
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Worried about short layovers
So I'm traveling to Prague and I have some very short layovers...
Currently, it's looking like I have a 96-minute layover in IAD, and then a 75-minute layover in VIE, before flying onto Prague.
On ...
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What's the fastest way to transfer from Terminal 2D to terminal 2E (M gates) in CDG airport?
I will have a very tight transfer soon between a Schengen flight to 2D and a non-Schengen flight from terminal 2E, M gates. For certain reasons I'd rather not miss it, even if it means I'm guaranteed ...
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Doha connection is 25 minutes: timing changed after we purchased tickets
We are flying from Heathrow to Krabi via Doha on Sunday. We recenty noticed that, after buying the tickets, the connection time in Doha changed and now we only get 25 minutes for our connection. We've ...
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Connecting time minimum Newark International
I'm flying in March on United coming in from Milan, Italy. I arrive at 2:15 pm and have to connect to a flight to St. Louis leaving at 4:00 pm, operated by Express Jet. We are US citizens. What are ...
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Is a connection of 1 hour at CDG airport realistic?
This January I will have a connection on a single ticket by KLM/Air France - presumably from terminal 2D to terminal 2E, on a Schengen to International flight. Is this a realistic time or is there a ...
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How do I find out where to pick up my checked luggage?
Is it usually at the last airport you go to, or it varies?
For example, suppose I want to travel from JFK to Narita Tokyo.
A flight I see online takes me from JFK to Zurich, and then from Zurich to ...
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Short transit in ZRH, will I have enough time?
I'm looking at a 50m connection in Zurich going between PRG and YUL (single ticket, Swiss airlines), is it enough time to transfer?
I'm a bit concerned after I saw this on the airport website
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How long does the Gate-to-Gate airport transfer service in Frankfurt take?
How much time would it take a transfer between Terminal 2, D-area/pier, non-Schengen EU arrival and Terminal 1 (Condor gates?), departure to non-Schengen, non-EU destination, if I use the FRA airport "...
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Catching a train in Montparnasse from Charles de Gaulle airport
I need to travel from Charles de Gaulle airport to Montparnasse to catch a TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse or "high-speed train"). What is the best and fastest method to do that? Train?
I only have an ...
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Is 1h 45min enough layover time for connecting flight + passport control
I'm looking for an upcoming trip that has me transiting in Frankfurt via Lufthansa onwards to France - it's not a major city hence the need for a transit.
The thing is, the proposed layover is 1h ...
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How does KLM calculate the baggage fees when flying on a multi-airline ticket?
I bought round-trip tickets for winter holidays to Sofia, Bulgaria from Moscow, Russia with a 14-hour connection in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I want to buy an extra piece of luggage in order to take my ...
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Is 75 minutes enough to transfer at Schiphol airport?
I'm planning to travel from Abu Dhabi to Zurich via AMS.
The connection time is 1 hour 15 minutes. Within that time I need to get transferred including security and passport control. Is that enough ...
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How much time do I need to connect from American Airlines to British Airways at London Heathrow?
If I fly through London Heathrow, arriving on American, and on to Prague on British Air and it is booked all together.
Will I have to retrieve my bags and go through customs in London?
If so, what ...
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How bad is the transit security queue at IST airport
I am quite worried about my transit timing at IST airport. I will be flying Doha-IST-Dubai on a single ticket but the connecting time at IST is only 1 hr 20 mins. I heard that the transit security has ...
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Risky Connection message
Scheduled to arrive in EWR (New York/Newark N.J) at 7:49a.m. on a Saturday morning with no weather issues expected. Connection leaves at 8:30a.m.. Itinerary states Terminal change and Risky connection....
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Flight connection time reduced after booking
I booked a flight with connection time between two flight as 1:40 Hr.
However, Now when I see the flight schedule, it's been reduced to 0:40 hr which I think isn't sufficient enough for transfer.
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Short connection time at Amsterdam airport
I am traveling from Mumbai to Portland through Amsterdam airport. My layover time at Amsterdam is 1 hour 40 minutes; will this be enough time to catch my flight to Portland?
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How to get from CDG T1 to CDG T2D on a short layover [duplicate]
I am arriving at CDG T1 at 9 am on 30 Sept on Lufthansa and will be taking a flight from CDG T2D at 11 am the same day to Lisbon on Easyjet.
I am rather anxious whether I can make it in time to ...
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Connection flight to domestic flight at Ataturk airport [duplicate]
I am traveling from Oslo, Norway next week to Gazipasa in Turkey, but there is no direct flight so I will land in Ataturk airport with 1hour and 15min time before my next flight to gazaipasa.
Is ...
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Is missing later flight in connecting flight possible? [duplicate]
Has anyone traveled with connecting flights and skipped the other flight will there be any issues.
for instance: my ticket is from: Bangalore -> Mumbai -> Delhi (no return ticket)
and what if I skip ...
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Flying from US through Paris to Prague [duplicate]
In November we will be arriving at CDG in Paris from the US on Delta using a US passport. We have 1 hour 20 minutes before our flight out of CDG to Prague on Air France. Delta says this is enough ...
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Do we have enough time for our connection at Heathrow Airport?
We are flying from Manchester to Heathrow, arriving at 11.05 in Terminal 5. We need to go to Terminal 4 for our 2.15 flight to Doha.
Will the 3 hours be enough time change terminals and get to our ...
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Is 2.5 hours enough time to connect in Brussels?
My sons are coming from JFK to Rome via Brussels, arriving at 7:45 am on Friday Aug 25 on Brussels Airlines. Then, they're flying on Ryanair to Rome, departing at 10:10 am.
They will need to claim ...
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Transiting Doha Hamad International Airport [duplicate]
Can you walk from terminal 1C to terminal 2 at Doha's Hamad International Airport? How long will it take? I only have one hour between flights.
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Transiting through Montreal on flight from France to Chicago
Two friends are coming to visit this weekend. They chose to fly CDG - YUL - ORD. I have never transited through Canada. I have flown back and forth to Canada many times and I know that US immigration ...
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Going through passport control in the UK coming from a non-EU country; will I be able to manage a short connection time?
Sorry for the long title but I will be taking a red-eye flight and coming from Nairobi to London and then onwards to New York.
The connection time is only 1hr and 5 minutes. I am an EU citizen but ...
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Is a 55 minute layover in Amsterdam enough to connect?
I will be travelling from London Heathrow to Amsterdam and then to Nairobi using KLM and Kenya Airways in a few weeks. I know that I can fly straight but prefer to connect in Amsterdam as I'm joining ...
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How long does it take to get your checked-in bag at London Gatwick airport?
I have booked, rather to my own surprise on reviewing my itinerary, two separate tickets (that part was inevitable, discount carrier Norwegian Air is first carrier) with 2:05 connection between ...
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Concerned about layover time in German airports for trip to Japan
I am flying to Japan in September (the flights are not organised by me so I don't know any specific details about them)
It goes like this (for Croatia-Japan)
Rijeka - Stuttgart 8.00-9.15 (...
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Is 1.5 enough time at LAX to make my connection to international flight? [duplicate]
I'm flying Delta and making a connection at LAX between a domestic flight to a departing international flight? Do I need to reclear security and/or checked bags?
Is the 1.5 hours that Delta reserved ...
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How much time do I need to transit Seattle airport on separate tickets?
I am traveling from SF to Seattle (Alaskan) to take a BA flight back to the UK, I am not a US citizen. Can I safely make the flight if I allow two hours to get from domestic to international with my ...
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Is 1h 5m enough time to make a connection Istanbul Atatürk airport?
I'm traveling on Turkish Airlines from Tbilisi, Georgia to Frankfurt, Germany, with a connection at Istanbul Atatürk International Airport. I arrive in Istanbul at 6:50 am and my next flight to ...
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Domestic to international at JFK
I have a flight from Raleigh-Durham via JFK/New York to Incheon, South Korea. It's JetBlue from RDU to JFK and Asiana from JFK to ICN. I only have 2 hours layover in New York and I was worried about ...
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Airport transfer in Manila between Terminals 1 and 3
I am soon going on a tour to the Philippines (Cebu) with a stop in Manila. There, I need to transfer from terminal 1 (which serves for international flights only) to terminal 3 (domestic flights only)....
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Short connecting flight in Doha. 55 minutes
I have a short connection between flights from LHR to BKK via Doha. Fifty-five minutes. What would happen if my first leg flight is delayed and I miss the connection? I'm worried that I would have to ...
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