Airport info BRISBANE (BNE) - amenities, transfers, transport
Nov 30, 2022, 1:02 am
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What are the lounge options for departing on a AC business class ticket? Also Star Alliance Gold.
I see older reviews of Air New Zealand and Singapore lounges in the International terminal.
One from last year is that the NZ lounge opened up but only for people flying in the Oceanic bubble at the time -- New Zealand and Australia but not elsewhere. Singapore lounge was closed at that time.
Have both re-opened for all Star Alliance business-class ticket holders or for Star Alliance Gold?
Any opinions on either?
My flight is 10:45 departure. Air Canada says be at the airport 4 hours before departure. Well I may be able to make that but it will probably be more like 3-3.5 hours for me.
So a couple of hours to wait after checking in.
Maybe food differences wouldn't be that great early in the morning?
I see older reviews of Air New Zealand and Singapore lounges in the International terminal.
One from last year is that the NZ lounge opened up but only for people flying in the Oceanic bubble at the time -- New Zealand and Australia but not elsewhere. Singapore lounge was closed at that time.
Have both re-opened for all Star Alliance business-class ticket holders or for Star Alliance Gold?
Any opinions on either?
My flight is 10:45 departure. Air Canada says be at the airport 4 hours before departure. Well I may be able to make that but it will probably be more like 3-3.5 hours for me.
So a couple of hours to wait after checking in.
Maybe food differences wouldn't be that great early in the morning?
Dec 4, 2022, 11:55 am
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The check in agent mentioned the NZ, asked about SQ, she said there is SQ too.
Feb 3, 2024, 7:00 am
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Connection in Brisbane Question
Looking at flying Out of Sydney on Virgin Australia with connection in Brisbane switching to United Airlines. Question, it shows 1 with a 2 hr layover and 1 with 3 hr, it also shows changing terminals. How much time is needed and would the 2hr work? Not sure if needing to go through customs/Passport control/security all over.
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Feb 3, 2024, 1:45 pm
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Looking at flying Out of Sydney on Virgin Australia with connection in Brisbane switching to United Airlines. Question, it shows 1 with a 2 hr layover and 1 with 3 hr, it also shows changing terminals. How much time is needed and would the 2hr work? Not sure if needing to go through customs/Passport control/security all over.
If yes any checked bags will be interlined by VA..
If 1 ticket the airlines take the connection risk, as they have determined the minimum connection time. But to be 100% safe personally I would take the 3hr.
Is a free bus between the 2 terminals.
You will need to process security & emigration at BNE international terminal. Customs are only on international arrivals.
https://www.bne.com.au/
https://www.bne.com.au/passenger/to-and-from
Feb 3, 2024, 6:13 pm
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Total time from walking into the international terminal to being through security/immigration was less than 10 minutes. If you're unable to use the smartgates at immigration you'll need to a bit more to that (check here if you're not aware).
Transfer between the terminals requires catching a free bus and will take maybe 10-20 minutes depending on how long you have to wait for the next one - but they are pretty frequent at that time of day.
UA will start boarding 50 minutes before the stated departure time, and finish 10-15 minutes before.
So put all of that together and 2 hours is plenty as long as your inbound isn't delayed or you don't have any mobility/etc issues. If you want to be safe, 3 hours will handle any possible delays. And don't forget that if this is before April 7th then there's an hour time difference between Sydney and Brisbane.