- - Connection Time at BKK
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jggreenb
Aug 1, 2012 1:57 pm
Connection Time at BKK
Hello...
I am traveling on a Bangkok Airways Domestic Ticket from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (6:55 am-8:15 am). Is 55 minutes at BKK a doable connection to a Thai Airways International Flight to DPS (Bali)? If I purchase...I would have a separate ticket for the flight from BKK to DPS. Could I check bags all the way?
Thanks
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Aug 1, 2012 1:59 pm
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KLflyerRalph
Aug 1, 2012 2:01 pm
Connection Time at BKK
BKK is a big airport and security time can be long. Certainly with the runway renovation ( increased MCT), to do this on 2 tickets is highly inadvisable IMHO.
dsquared37
Aug 1, 2012 9:46 pm
Originally Posted by jggreenb
(Post 19041926)
Hello...
I am traveling on a Bangkok Airways Domestic Ticket from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (6:55 am-8:15 am). Is 55 minutes at BKK a doable connection to a Thai Airways International Flight to DPS (Bali)? If I purchase...I would have a separate ticket for the flight from BKK to DPS. Could I check bags all the way?
Thanks
It's not a legal connection, which is listed as 60 min. It's doable only if you have bags checked through and get processed by immigration in CNX (which I'd recommend regardless). The question is will PG transfer your bags if the connection time is just below the MCT?
Originally Posted by KLflyerRalph
(Post 19041949)
BKK is a big airport and security time can be long. Certainly with the runway renovation ( increased MCT), to do this on 2 tickets is highly inadvisable IMHO.
The runway is about done (if not already finished). Furthermore OP could (theoretically) only need to pass through transfer security/CIQ (depending upon which terminal the dom flight arrives in) which is a breeze.
OP; There is a TG flight which leave 5 minutes later and has a scheduled arrived 5 minutes earlier. Oddly, the MCT for TG-TG is 75min. :eek: