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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 2:44 am
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Originally Posted by orion747
Sorry to bump this old thread but it's sort of relevant.

I have to transfer from a KQ flight from NBO to the Comair flight to VFA in JNB at 10:30am on a Wednesday.

Unfortunately, my agent has left me with 1 hour exactly to make the flight. From reading comments here, this sounds like an impossible task, especially if I have go through baggage claim, check in again (since I'm not interlining) and immigration (which sounds like I do from reading the comments so far).

Is 1 hour overly ambitious? Should I just plan for this not happening and arrange for an overnight hotel? I'd really like my checked bag to make it with me.

Thanks in advance.
Looks very dicy to me. Even when on seperate tickets, some airlines can / will label luggage through for you, in which case it might just be possible. But since you probably cannot count on that in this case and you want your checked luggage to come with you (a VERY wise thing in JNB), the safe option seems to be the overnight stop as there are no connections the same day .
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