Originally Posted by
110pgl
I am booked on two tickets on Cathay... both... MLE-HKG-ORD and return.
(I have layovers in HKG and fly separate tickets to do business in Asia.)
To keep the fare down, I am flying HKG-MLE (to end the first ticket) and connecting to MLE-HKG-ORD to get back to the USA.
The turn in MLE is less than two hours. Customs on the first ticket took about 30 minutes. I guess I will then go upstairs and check-in and go back through customs, also took about 30 minutes.
Overall, I think it will be do-able, but tight.
So the question remains - anyone try this yet?
I did a MLE turnaround earlier last month. You don't have to clear immigration. On the arrival card there was a transit option, so I checked that and when asked which flight I indicated that I'll be on th return flight to HKG (you can imagine the look I got). So her supervisor went upstairs (or the back) to and got by boarding pass.
I wouldn't say they're used to people transiting in MLE but its certainly doable. You could also checkin in HKG and print out your return bp. For the record, I didn't have any checkin luggage
p.s. 1 year on FT