Originally Posted by
Nazdoom
Maybe you guys can help with this too:
I'm on CX748 in J in September JNB-HKG. Arrives according to my eticket at 0710 (FlightAware has it scheduled at 0700 currently). I need to get to PEK as quickly as possible after landing. Looking to book a second ticket.
The flight that works best, KA0900, would be one that departs at 0800. FlightAware seems to suggest it has a good on-time record. My understanding is HKG minimum cxn time is 1hr but CX will often make 50 minutes bookable. The second flight would be in F.
If I book this as a separate ticket and my inbound flight is late, would CX rebook me for a later KA or CX flight or would I be SOL?
I believe MCT for CX/KA to CX/KA at HKG is 50 min. I just did a search on EF and you can connect from 748 arriving at 7:10am connecting to KA900 (CX5900) at 8am. As you are connecting CX to KA, you can check through at JNB. They should be able to rebook you if you miss your flight (and if you check through), but F is not available on all flights, e.g., CX390 at 9am.
CX usually has staff at the arrival gate to take passengers with tight connections through transit security to the departing gates.