Originally Posted by
shenoynigans
Hi all, I have booked a flight with return to Copenhagen next month, but will be traveling all over Europe. My return flight to NY on KLM originates in Copenhagen at 10:10AM, with a layover in Amsterdam, before I fly back to NYC.
The days preceding my return will be spent in Prague, and my best option of getting from Prague to Copenhagen for my flight back home, is a Czech Airlines flight that leaves Prague at 7:10AM, and reaches Copenhagen at 8:30AM.
My question is, will that 1 hour and 40 minutes be enough of a layover time? I will not be checking in any luggage, so I will not need to collect any from the carousel. Will I be passing through passport control in Amsterdam since my final destination is New York, or will I just be getting off of my flight from Prague and onto my flight to Amsterdam since it is all inter-Schengen, and then going through passport control in Amsterdam.
Side note: KLM and Czech Airlines both utilize Copenhagen Terminal 2, so I will not need to transfer terminals.
Thanks in advance for your help!
It's do-able because you don't have checked-in luggage, but the flight has delay stats that aren't all that reassuring.
At CPH, getting from the PRG flight to the AMS flight is usually easy enough and involves no transit security or passport control.
KLM allows me to do online check-in for CPH-AMS-US flights, and that is what I would do in these kind of circumstances.
On separate tickets, I'd be prepared to eat it and have to get a new ticket in case the flight into CPH is delayed -- especially as KLM is unlikely to be very flexible about freely rebooking passenger unless passenger is flying from CPH on a refundable/changeable ticket. As noted in an above post, on separate tickets, my suggestion is to have at least 3 or even at least 4 hours in between when flying on separate tickets.
If you can get this on one single ticketed PNR, you'll be better protected and less at risk in the event of a delay on the PRG-CPH flight.