Originally Posted by
gtran26
Hi,
I am thinking about booking this one way flight with Gol:
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Departs BOG (Columbia) arrives GRU on Saturday Oct. 23 at 5:35AM. I will have to transfer to CGH airport which departs at 9:10AM and my final destination is SDU. Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated:
1. Since my final destination is SDU, will my checked luggage from BOG go to SDU or do I have to pickup the luggage at GRU and then recheck it at CGH? I'm trying to access the online chat feature at Gol's website now but it is not working
2. Does Gol have a free bus transfer from GRU to CGH? Will I have enough time to clear immigration and make it? I've read on other threads where max bus time is 1 hour and on Saturday or Sunday can be 30mins, it is early in the morning so that might help.
Thanks! Greg
Hi Greg,
I read the other responses to your questions. I agree with them.
You said you are "thinking about booking" a flight which means you have not yet booked it.
Although Congonhas (CGH) has more flights to Rio than does GRU, the aggravation you would incur while worrying if you will make the cross town flight is not worth any savings in money to you.
First, your arriving flight into GRU could be late. Second, you have only a few hours to make the CGH flight. It just is not worth it to attempt the transfer to the downtown airport in Sao Paulo.
Bottom line, I would stick to waiting around GRU and catch a flight to Rio from there.
A drawback with using GRU to GIG is that there are fewer daily flights. From CGH - SDU, they run almost every hour. From GRU to GIG they run an odd schedule and the prices are higher.
Hope this helps
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