Asia - Buying same day domestic flight at CGK

So I have an award ticket that gets me into CGK on SQ at 16:05. Originally, I was going to visit a friend in Jakarta for a few days, but now it looks like that plan is changing, so as opposed to visiting a city that I'm not huge on visiting by myself, I want to get a flight to Yogya that night.

There's a couple cheap options that work out timing-wise for me, but they don't take my American credit card. I'm currently in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and none of the travel agencies here can book flights on any domestic Indonesian flights except Garuda, which is massively more expensive. So, I'm planning on just showing up to CGK, clearing customs as quickly as possible, and going to try to buy a ticket on either Lion Air or Batavia.

Realistically, how long do you think it's going to take me from deplaning (I'm flying in C) to getting to the ticket counters of these airlines? I've only been to CGK once, but it was a straight turnaround (weird situation involving LCC's and award travel). The last flight appears to leave at 19:00, so that gives me just shy of three hours before the last flight out assuming my flight is on time into CGK. Also, if worse comes to worse, I'm not opposed to spending the night in Jakarta if necessary, I'd just rather save some cash and get out that evening.

Secondary question too. Does anyone know if there's overnight buses (the luxury a/c type) that go between Jakarta and Yogya? I'm not opposed to that option if the flights are too expensive/I don't make them in time.

Thanks in advance for anyone in the know,

Chris

I'm currently in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and none of the travel agencies here can book flights on any domestic Indonesian flights except Garuda, which is massively more expensive. So, I'm planning on just showing up to CGK, clearing customs as quickly as possible, and going to try to buy a ticket on either Lion Air or Batavia.From my experience, Garuda also has promotional fares for their domestic network, however these tickets can only be sold in Indonesia.

I bought a ticket JOG-DPS at the GA JOG ticket office for approx. US$62.00 (2 days prior to departure). It would have been US$138.00 if I had purchased it outside of Indonesia.

From my experience, Garuda also has promotional fares for their domestic network, however these tickets can only be sold in Indonesia.

I bought a ticket JOG-DPS at the GA JOG ticket office for approx. US$62.00 (2 days prior to departure). It would have been US$138.00 if I had purchased it outside of Indonesia.

Yea, the one travel agent I found in KK that could sell me a GA ticket quoted me ~700 MYR which is about $230. The website at least was only $125 or so. Lion Air and Batavia for the same day were about $40 on their respective sites.

Chris

Its been a while since I've flown into CGK but I don't remember it even being too much of a hassle until you get outside and have to deal the taxi touts. So, I would guess it would take you about an hour to go thru immigration, get your baggage and get over to the domestic terminal. And the less time you spend in that dump of a terminal, the better. :p

Its been a while since I've flown into CGK but I don't remember it even being too much of a hassle until you get outside and have to deal the taxi touts. So, I would guess it would take you about an hour to go thru immigration, get your baggage and get over to the domestic terminal. And the less time you spend in that dump of a terminal, the better. :p

Fortunately for me, I'm only traveling with carry-on, so that always helps too. I've been the first one through customs on almost every international flight I've flown on this trip. Thanks for the info.

Chris