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Old Jan 11, 2017 | 8:24 am
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andrew-w
 
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CGK Airport Connection

Hi,

I'm looking at the following flights on two separate tickets:

DOH-CGK QR0958 arr 07:40 at Terminal 2
CGK-LBJ GA0452 dep 10:35 from Terminal 3

Total transfer time just under 3 hours @ 175 minutes

2 pax British Citizens in J (in terms of visa requirements/queuing/deplaning).

Very rough research shows the flight is quite reliable, biggest delay in the last 20 days is 25 minutes, 75% on-time, 90% within 30 minutes, 95% within 45 minutes.

Working back from the onward departure time, I have approximated the following:

07:40 Scheduled arrival (45 mins padding)
08:25 Immigration, bag collect and customs (45 mins)
09:10 Queue for taxi (15 mins)
09:25 Taxi T2 to T3 (10 mins)
09:35 Arrive T3, queue for check-in / padding (15 mins)
09:50 Domestic check-in closes
10:35 Departure

That includes 30 minutes of lee-way for check-in and waiting for a taxi, 45 minutes for immigration etc, and 45 minute contingency for flight delay, potentially 90 minutes padding total.

Without any further information this seems largely do-able (if there's a serious flight delay I will rebook/incur insurance etc), but I wanted to check here for your practical knowledge/expertise.
  • I've heard of queues to obtain a visa - as I understand it British Citizens do not need a visa for a stay of up to 30 days, so I won't need to queue for this?
  • Is there likely to be substantial queues (exceeding 20/30 mins) for immigration? J pax (earlier off the plan) arriving ~8am Monday morning
  • Is customs clearance more stringent/lengthy than average across the world?
  • Are taxi queues likely to be ridiculous (plus 15 mins)?
  • Are the inter-terminal transfers reliable/frequent enough to rely on them?
  • Any other advice you can give?

Thanks in advance for any help!


"You don’t need a visa to enter Indonesia for visits of up to 30 days."
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...y-requirements

Transfer guide
https://www.garuda-indonesia.com/id/...erminal-3.page

Last 15 days flight history
https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/QTR958/history

Flight stats
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Flight...irportCode=CGK
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