Manila Terminal Transfer
Apr 12, 2019 | 5:44 pm
#1
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Manila Terminal Transfer
I'm booked on a Turkish Airlines flight that's scheduled to depart at 9:30pm to Istanbul. I'll be flying into MNL same-day on SQ. I have a choice of arriving at 3:35pm or 5:25pm. These will be separate tickets but I intend to ask SQ to interline our checked bags.
I checked expertflyer and it appears the minimum connection times are between 2-3 hours for SQ and TK connections.
Will this be an air-side transit wholly within Terminal 3?
I'm not crazy about the 3:35 arrival since it's 6 hours before my next flight, so I'd prefer the 5:25pm arrival instead. That said, a missed connection here would be extremely inconvenient.
Thoughts?
I checked expertflyer and it appears the minimum connection times are between 2-3 hours for SQ and TK connections.
Will this be an air-side transit wholly within Terminal 3?
I'm not crazy about the 3:35 arrival since it's 6 hours before my next flight, so I'd prefer the 5:25pm arrival instead. That said, a missed connection here would be extremely inconvenient.
Thoughts?
Apr 14, 2019 | 10:23 pm
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If you can get boarding passes issued for both flights (or if the transfer desk can issue your boarding pass for the MNL-IST flight), then yes, this can be considered as sterile transit.
Apr 15, 2019 | 12:53 am
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