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Old Aug 17, 2015, 5:04 pm
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mherdeg
 
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How long should we allot to connect at MEL?

We're booked on a SQ flight landing at MEL T2 at 0640 on a Wednesday.

We don't check bags and have the US Global Entry, which may make us eligible for AU "SmartGate" processing.

We're booking a separate ticket either on QF or VA to fly MEL-PER later in the day. My GDS says the MCT is 90 minutes intl-to-domestic for either SQ-VA or SQ-QF, but is that too aggressive?

I'm wondering whether we will have any trouble connecting from our 0640 SQ arrival to:

(*) 0835 MEL-PER (QF)
(*) 0915 MEL-PER (VA)
(*) 1035 MEL-PER (QF)

In particular, what are the odds that we could make the 0915?
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