CPH-Flyer

Yes, SK will rebook you to *A partners if needed.

PsiFighter37

I'm looking at booking EWR-CPH-BRU towards the end of summer. I would be flying EWR-CPH in J on SK, but CPH-BRU would be on SK in Y AND on a different ticket (the EWR-CPH leg would be the 2nd leg of a Europe-initiated itinerary for me, even though I live in the U.S.). Is a 1-hour connection enough time for me, even if I have checked luggage? If my bags won't make it, would I be okay if I didn't have any checked bags?

CPH-Flyer

Even though it is separate tickets SK should be able to check your luggage through to your final destination, and being within the EU you clear customs in BRU, and your luggage is automatically forwarded. It should not matter whether you check luggage or not.
There is in the SK forum a post (a year or more back) that shows an internal instruction that staff should protect an SK to SK connection even if on separate tickets. I can't remember though if it made reference to domestic only.
1 hour is above MCT from non Schengen to Schengen on SK so in general, it should be OK.

PsiFighter37

Any idea if it is likely to be in same terminal? (have never flown through CPH so unfamiliar with airport layout)

CPH-Flyer

From a check in perspective there are two terminals, but airside it is all connected. There can be a bit of a walk. The long haul flights will arrive at the C gates, European SK departures are mainly in D and B, though some are in A.
US arrivals should be considered safe, and should not have a transit security check. But that can differ. You will have to go through passport control.
You can find a terminal map at www.cph.dk

FT Guest xyzpdq

As stated above airside is all one terminal, with relative easy walks. From gate to immigration it is 5min. You will clear passport control in max 10min. From there it is max 15min walk to your departing gate. You should be fine.

jfidler

I'm booked on the same itinerary in June, and SK just changed the CPH-TLL departure from 8:00am to 7:55am, thus making it an invalid routing, because that drops the connection time from 45 minutes to 40 minutes, and the minimum when coming from intercontinental is 45 minutes. The next CPH-TLL flight on that day would involve a 9-hour layover in CPH.

Did SK do this on purpose to make that connection no longer valid, or was it just incompetence? I may end up just canceling the entire ticket and booking on KLM since it has better connection times, though I prefer to fly SK.

FlyingMoose

What about just getting another one-way from the most convenient alternative? I'm pretty sure you can get to TLL from CPH in less than 9 hours on various options.

jfidler

There are no other operators on the direct CPH-TLL routing. SK offers a CPH-OSL-TLL routing, but I'm trying to avoid the extra flight as we'll be traveling with small children.

FlyingMoose

In that case I'd see if you can book the short connection on the phone at which point they'll rebook you to the next one if you miss it. In general 40 minutes is plenty at CPH.

jfidler

SK's website states the minimum connection time is 45 minutes at CPH when going from Intercontinental to Schengen: http://www.flysas.com/en/us/travel-i...ransfer-times/

Can I really convince them to circumvent their own policies on this? If I did, and our incoming flight is late so we miss the connection, would they still be obligated to rebook?

What I really don't get is why they changed SK1786 from 8:00 to 7:55am departure. In March, it runs at 8.00. Why move it to 5 minutes earlier, when that breaks connections from another flight? What do they gain from that?

FlyingMoose

SK call center staff is clueless, tell them what flights you want and you'll probably get it done.

While I've never tried this specifically, I've had plenty of creative bookings that where not available on the website and theoretically against policy that where booked that way. Seeing how you have nothing to lose its worth a shot?

There is utterly little obvious explanation to SK decisions.

UA1K_no_more

According to ExpertFlyer, the standard SK-SK I/D minimum connection time (and for the purpose of connection times, intercontinental is "international" and Schengen is "domestic") is 45 minutes.
The minimum connection time is 40 minutes when the I/D connection involves connecting from a narrowbody.

jfidler

Ok I got this resolved. Posting here for others who may be in the same situation. The issue was the IAD-CPH-TLL was a 40-minute transfer, which was under the minimum 45-min connection time, but the CPH-TLL flight was originally 5-minutes later which is why I was able to book it. Expedia (who I booked it through) basically acted liked their hands were tied and offered the next CPH-TLL flight which was 9 hours later.

I called SK directly, and they said they'll allow the 40-minute connection but will note in the record that passenger is responsible if connection is missed. The IAD-CPH flight usually arrives a bit early in my experience, so it's a risk I'm willing to take.

esdot

Seeking your collective wisdom on what probably seems to be a ridiculous routing.... I had Aeroplan award tickets to kick off my honeymoon. They went through Brussels, and I want to avoid any stress, since I need to get to Rome on time. Thoughts on whether the 50 min connection at CPH (and 70 min connection at ZRH) on this route are doable?

SK940 14:15 - 10:00
LAX to ARN (Terminal 5)
Stop over at: Stockholm 2:45

SK405 12:45 - 13:55
ARN (Terminal 5) to CPH (Terminal 3)
Stop over at: Copenhagen 0:50

LX1271 14:45 - 16:35
CPH (Terminal 2) to ZRH
Stop over at: Zurich 1:10

LX1732 17:45 - 19:15
ZRH to FCO Rome, Fiumicino (Terminal 3)

Also, does anyone know as a a U.S. Passport flyer (i) whether my bags will be checked all the way to Rome and (ii) which airports I will have to do immigration or customs? Much appreciated....