PEK to SIN
 

Hope some wonderful person has previously tried this run and can help.

I need to do a Visa run from PEK to somewhere and accumulate a few Tier Points along the way.

Currently I am thinking of flying PEK-HKG-SIN
Day 1,
Leg 1 CX6893 PEK to HKG arrival 23:55
Leg 2 CX659 HKG to SIN arrival 5:15am +1
Day 2
Leg 3 CX650 SIN to HKG departs 7:10am arrival 10:55am
Leg 4 CX6880 HKG to PEK departure 12pm

The part that I am concerned about is leg 2 to 3 at SIN, is 1:55 enough time to exit and entry then check back in? (no bags).

If there is no long queue in immigration, you only need 15min from your seat and to be in public area. Should not take you more than 30 min in my opinion.

I think it is do-able but is a bit tight. Can you get your return BP in PEK or HKG or transit area?

There is 8:05 flight to HKG which will give you additional 55min, but too late for your PEK bound flight.


Or you may want to consider 10:00 flight CX736 and connect on CX6874 at 15:00

IMHO, that timing is very comfortable assuming no delays with your plane.

Also, you do not even need to clear immigration in SIN. Just get off your plane and go to the transfer desk (probably desk D) to get your boarding pass.

FWIW, the queues at that time are not very long in SIN T1 i dont think.

OP should not need to clear immigration at all. I've never attempted this kind of turn, but at SIN arriving and departing pax are not segregated. No immigration, and you clear security at the individual gate. The consensus seems to be that quick turns are easy to do. You just need to find a transfer desk, or even see if the desk at the gate for your departing flight is already staffed when you land to check in there.

Seems 659 and 650 is operated by the same aircraft (a turn around flight). If the inbound flight is late, the outbound flight will be delayed also.

You should be pretty safe as far as the HKG-SIN leg is concerned. For the HKG-PEK v.v., God knows what may happen.....

Thanks for the help.

I will attempt it today and post back,
As Flaps30 says, its the last leg, anything may happen.