Originally Posted by
Stuckdowntheback
Hi all.
I'm planning a routing from HKG to DPS.
I'm able to book CX from HKG to CGK using avios then plan to book with Lion or the hop over from CGK to DPS.
Being that they will be separate tickets, we shall have to clear customs at CGK and collect luggage before checking in for the short flight to DPS.
Does anyone have any recent experience of a comfortable connection time for this airport given what we have to achieve?
I've found flights that would give us exactly two hours but I'm not sure if that'd be enough.
In case it has any bearing on being early into an immigration queue, I'm planning on booking First class with CX from HKG
Many thanks for any thoughts
Chris
Not sure about the advantages of first-class flight into Jakarta connecting to a budget-carrier operating out of another terminal.
It might be better to consider Garuda, or at least its lower-cost offspring Citylink, for the CGK DPS link. That would avoid the clunky terminal hop.
Even within the same terminal, visa processing, baggage collection and a new check-in is clunky enough. Unless you have reasons for the rush to get to Bali, it's far better to give yourself a more relaxing less sweat-inducing connection time: otherwise CX has direct flights between Hong Kong and Bali or you can arrange seamless online connections through the likes of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur