Originally Posted by
Fes426
I booked CI SFO-TPE (in business class) arriving at 4:50 AM and need to continue onto ICN (not booked yet) and I have a checked luggage. Currently I have two options to book:
Option 1: Book the 7:55AM departure on CI and maybe they interline my bag but if not the layover is ~3hrs so hopefully enough time to go through passport, grab my bags and recheck-in
Option 2: Book the 7:05AM departure on BR. I'm sure they will not interline my bags and I wonder if 2:15 is enough time to go through the whole process.
My preference is BR because of my United status, etc but not sure if 2hrs is enough time. Has anyone done this and have any recommendations?
FWIW, this will be done arriving on a Friday in late March.
Originally Posted by
Davvidd
Check which Terminal CI operates from. If it is a different Terminal to BR, I would stick with CI. If you book on CI to ICN, I see no reasons why they would not thru check your luggage since it is the same carrier and you have a short connecting time.
This is actually an interesting situation. as CI uses T2 for US flights but uses T1 for regional (except Japan and China) flights. So if you stick with CI, you will have to change terminal but won't have to collect your bags. But if you fly BR on TPE-ICN, you can stay at T2 but you will have to pass immigration, collect your bags, then go to departure to check your bags with BR.
In the latter scenario you will only have 75 minutes to do everything as BR check bag cutoff is 60 minutes. It will be tight, but should be doable as long as your inbound is not delayed and bags are handled correctly.
(I actually don't know CI's interline rules so all these are based on the assumption that CI interlines their own flights but doesn't with BR.)