lamscott

Air France is providing me a transfer time of 1:15 mins in Pairs. Both planes will be Air France.

Is that enough time to transfer in CDG?

Goldorak

it is tight of course, but feasible if your incoming flight is on-time.

brunos

When are you traveling and what are your flight numbers?

I cannot find a 1:15 connection; the shortest one is 1:35, which would be better.
LIN has periodic fog problems. But 1:15 from LIN to connect to the only daily to YYZ would be well outside my comfort zone.

Equally important is that the relations between AF and AZ have soured and AF is reducing its flights from LIN and moving to MXP. If your flights are in a few months, I would suggest monitoring any changes.

carnarvon

I concur.

Fog is a real issue at LIN in winter.

lamscott

July 8th

Linate to Paris AF181
Paris to Toronto AF 356

Looks like I would land in 2F terminal and connect in 2F terminal

Oxymore

Your flight to YYZ would depart from 2E, and it's perfectly possible to make it (there's a hallway, airside, and you just have to clear passport control). And in July, fog won't be an issue at LIN.

FlyerWx

I couldn't find any flights from LIN-CDG-YYZ that match those characteristics on July 8th. As far as I could tell, AF1831 departs from MXP, which is something brunos mentioned as a possibility.

Keep a close eye on your flights, especially if the connection time decreases further. Passport control can be fairly unpredictable, and 1hr 15min is a bit tight anyways; if it all goes perfectly, it can be done.

lamscott

Here you go.

There are 4 other flights flying out of MXP but this one said Linate

FlyerWx

Oh okay, thanks for providing that image. So it looks like a 2hr 25min connection, which should be enough time.

brunos

After correcting your information, it appears that you can fly from MXP on AF1381 with a 1:05 connection in CDG which is totally unreasonable before a once-daily Long haul flight. Or AF 1213 from LIN with a 2:25 which is reasonable. It is a no-brainer.

However, I would think twice about getting an award rather than a paid ticket. The award has a large cash component, while return tickets are very cheap.

LondonElite

It's more than enough time. If it wasn't (i.e. in violation of CDG MCT), you wouldn't be sold the ticket.

brunos

I admire your statement that 1h05 (not 1h15) is more than enough. If the Milan flight is on time, that will be rushed but OK. Remember that you have to exit the plane (Might take a few minutes if seated in Y at mid or back of plane), then walk from 2F to 2E, then clear immigration and that can take a long time nowadays, even at priority Access 1, then get to the plane, possibly with the train. if the Milan flight is delayed by 30 min ....

The fact that AF sells a ticket with a 1h05 transit is not a guarantee that you will make it; only that they will take care of you if you misconnect.
I would not mind if the itin was YYZ-CDG-Milan, as there are many later flights to Milan. But for a Milan-CDG-YYZ a missed connection means either taking the same flight the next day or be rerouted the same day if possible (the direct AC flight leaves two hours earlier than AF). This is a major inconvenience.

LondonElite

OP has posted that the connection time is 2h25, which is more than enough.

carnarvon

OP yes.

However Brunos was refering to YOUR post which was definitely implying that 1h05 was more than enough for a 2F>2E connection, such a connection being more than risky.

LondonElite

My post did not imply that.