Time needed through CDG on two itineraries?
Aug 9, 2018 | 1:15 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: AA Platinum
Posts: 37
Time needed through CDG on two itineraries?
Guys, please assist me in understanding if this plan would work. I'm planning on visiting Munich in Late September/Early October. I am looking at leaving MUC to CDG on LH2226 and arrive at 8:05 AM on October 6. I would then have to get over to AA (Terminal 2A?) to hop on AA 63 from CDG to MIA departing at 11:55 AM. I will have just a 21" carry-on with me. Maybe a small laptop in a case.
I found an AA webpage that recommends I get there four hours early. How much risk would I take on booking LH2226 and are there any red flags you guys see in this plan?
Thanks!
I found an AA webpage that recommends I get there four hours early. How much risk would I take on booking LH2226 and are there any red flags you guys see in this plan?
Thanks!
Aug 19, 2018 | 5:53 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Paris, France
Programs: United, TAP Victoria, AVIOS
Posts: 480
The 4 hour suggestion comes directly from AA. Passengers with status of some kind and who receive special handling will not need 4 hours but not everyone flies first class and CDG is, in my opinion, not the airport at which one should push the time envelope.
I personally would not feel comfortable with a 3+50 connect time at CDG using separate PNRs. However, everyone has his own individual tolerance for risk.
Aug 19, 2018 | 2:09 pm
#6
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Denver CO
Posts: 3,686
Yes I believe that there are agents available to check in passengers at AA 4 hours before a flight at CDG. The agents are typically contract people, probably not specifically AA staff though I am sure that there are at least some AA supervisors available.
The 4 hour suggestion comes directly from AA. Passengers with status of some kind and who receive special handling will not need 4 hours but not everyone flies first class and CDG is, in my opinion, not the airport at which one should push the time envelope.
I personally would not feel comfortable with a 3+50 connect time at CDG using separate PNRs. However, everyone has his own individual tolerance for risk.
The 4 hour suggestion comes directly from AA. Passengers with status of some kind and who receive special handling will not need 4 hours but not everyone flies first class and CDG is, in my opinion, not the airport at which one should push the time envelope.
I personally would not feel comfortable with a 3+50 connect time at CDG using separate PNRs. However, everyone has his own individual tolerance for risk.
Just taking a plane has much fewer variables and 4 hours at CDG is just silly.