Originally Posted by
olivedel
The standard MCT at AMS is 50 minutes for international to Schengen. But there is a special line for Garuda flights, stating that MCT would be 90 minutes for all arriving GA passengers in AMS. Therefore, they would not sell connections less than 90 min in AMS, and buying a separate ticket for a tighter connection will make you uneligible for baggage interlining.
There are lots for AMS to Brussels trains, so if you are not mileage running and do not absolutely need this flight to requalify, I would suggest you to look at train schedules as you seem to have a strong time constraint.
Sorry for bumping this thread, but I was searching for Garuda and interlining practices. When making the same flight as OP to Brussels (GA on CGK-AMS and KL on AMS-BRU, on a single ticket in C), my luggage was not forwarded despite a 5h layover. I took the train instead.
Oddly, while waiting for departure in the lounge, the GA checkin agent came to me to take away my boarding pass and luggage tags, saying they had given it to me by mistake, and to say I had to re-check my luggage in AMS.
I have avoided GA ever since, but maybe this weirdness was a one-off.