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irishguy: the OP is on seperate tickets from seperate airlines in different aliiances. If he misses his flight, he'll have to fix it himself - e.g. change and pay up or forfeit and rebook. I would be very careful with self-connect itineraries for the next 6 to 9 months or so, maybe longer. Schedule changes are always a risk, but right now schedules are very fluid and could easily lead to problems with your itinerary. Why fly this route in the first place? CDG-MEX with AF or AM is flown 4 days a week, CDG-AMS-MEX with KL or AM is flown 6 days a week (current schedule) and I can't imagine it's more expensive than these two tickets combined.