Geneva connection time
Jun 12, 2012, 2:04 pm
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Geneva connection time
I just noticed that my Geneva connection time is tight--only 1 hour 5 minutes. I arrive at 10:45 am from Barcelona on Swiss Air #1941 and depart 11:45am on United #975 to IAD. Trip booked was weeks ago through Orbitz. I assume it's a legal connection, but is it reasonable? Are the gates typically close by to each other? Thank you.
Jun 12, 2012, 2:29 pm
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I just noticed that my Geneva connection time is tight--only 1 hour 5 minutes. I arrive at 10:45 am from Barcelona on Swiss Air #1941 and depart 11:45am on United #975 to IAD. Trip booked was weeks ago through Orbitz. I assume it's a legal connection, but is it reasonable? Are the gates typically close by to each other? Thank you.
Jun 12, 2012, 3:26 pm
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From the LX Forum http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/swiss...GVA+connection
Jun 13, 2012, 4:09 am
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Exiting Schengen at GVA so passport control in front of non-Schengen gates. Probably will arrive at A numbered gates and will leave at C numbered gates. No customs nor security.
Jun 13, 2012, 10:55 am
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I looked at the link to the LX forum, but I am still a bit confused about what I will need to do during my 1 hour at GVA (assuming first flight is on time). I had planned to check my bag all the way through from Barcelona to IAD since it's on one ticket, and thus not deal with my bag at GVA. I now understand that I will need to go through passport control at GVA to switch to my US departure gate, but will I need to retrieve my checked bag and re-check it or can I just forget about the bag? Thanks.
Jun 13, 2012, 12:59 pm
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I looked at the link to the LX forum, but I am still a bit confused about what I will need to do during my 1 hour at GVA (assuming first flight is on time). I had planned to check my bag all the way through from Barcelona to IAD since it's on one ticket, and thus not deal with my bag at GVA. I now understand that I will need to go through passport control at GVA to switch to my US departure gate, but will I need to retrieve my checked bag and re-check it or can I just forget about the bag? Thanks.
Jun 13, 2012, 2:02 pm
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Europe can do customs at one's destination (especially since almost every airport is int'l), US is the one that does not have customs capability at every airport.
Jun 11, 2013, 8:36 pm
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Revived...I've got the same flights next month and was also concerned about the 1:05 connection time in GVA. I've transferred through ZRH in the past with a similar tight connection and was ok. Thanks flyertalk as always!^
Jun 5, 2017, 2:30 am
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Arrival on Etihad with a connection on BA 50 minutes later or better to be on SWISS? Hand baggage only. Assuming all flights on time. Do-able? Many thanks.
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Jun 5, 2017, 6:17 am
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Jun 5, 2017, 11:52 am
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Can it be done? Sure. If you were on one ticket you'd be accommodated on a later flight, but you won't be. It depends on your appetite for risk (or self-insurance). Hint: Would I do that, as a frequent GVA visitor? No way!
Jun 5, 2017, 9:16 pm
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Are you contemplating booking this or already done so? It sounds like you will have two separate tickets, in which case you don't have a connection and MCTs are irrelevant. If for whatever reason you do not present yourself at the gate in time for your second flight, the entire ticket will auto-cancel and you will have no protection. You'll have to book a new ticket. Not showing up in time could be for many reasons, including a delayed inbound flight.
Can it be done? Sure. If you were on one ticket you'd be accommodated on a later flight, but you won't be. It depends on your appetite for risk (or self-insurance). Hint: Would I do that, as a frequent GVA visitor? No way!
Can it be done? Sure. If you were on one ticket you'd be accommodated on a later flight, but you won't be. It depends on your appetite for risk (or self-insurance). Hint: Would I do that, as a frequent GVA visitor? No way!
No, I have not booked the connection (so yes that will be on a separate ticket) but am arriving on EY (flexible tix).
This has all been precipitated by the UAE closing all airspace/transportation to/from DOH & my tix next week AUH-DOH-LHR being extremely unlikely to happen (although they may re-book me I do need backup!).
Chances are I will book a separate connection a little later on with SWISS
Jun 6, 2017, 12:36 am
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One additional thing to mention is that GVA has flights to LCY on both BA & LX which won't appear if you put in LHR. It may be more or less convenient for you but adds options either way.