Originally Posted by
percysmith
That's way too late. You need to aim for 20 minutes to gate before departure in HKG, with an absolute limit of 10 minutes. Anything later results in offloading.
With all due respect, I have traveled through HKG 80+ times and will usually arrive at the gate 10 mins before the gate closes- had never been an issue until that time. We requested a buggy more than 20 mins before departure. We requested it 15 mins before the GATE was to close, not 15 mins before departure.