Is 45 minutes enough for an international connection?
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International flights can be stressful, especially if you have a tight connection. Here we answer a question from one of our patrons.
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3-4 hours is the sweet spot! Lines and other delays are accounted for, and takes the anxiety away. And if you actually finish everything early, you can explore the duty free shops or just have a nice meal. Always overestimate the transit time
I’d never book a ticket with less than 2 hours to transfer to the next flight. 3 to 4 hours covers most delays and takes the stress out of travel. If everything is on time you can have something to eat or a few drinks.
Our layover in Frankfurt was 1h 20min. They landed the place on one side of the airport, taxied all the way to the other side, then we had to take a bus back to where we landed, then we had to run all the way back to the other side where our gate was. By the time we got to our gate, people were lined up to board.
When I’m connecting inside Europe I always look for long layovers and head into town. Free little extra vacation. Done Vienna, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Madrid and Paris that way. A cheap way to find out if we want to go back. The answer has always been yes.
Even when I fly domestic in the US I don’t do under 2 hours because I did have a 55 min connection and we ended up missing it because we sat on the runway for and we’re delayed. If I fly internationally I go with at least a 3 hour layover!!!!
I flew to Budapest via Amsterdam last year and made sure to get a 2.5 hour connection.
I only book it if it’s a fun city to miss your flight
I feel like it depends
Also when you're leaving Europe have a longer layover. I recently made like a 20 min connection in Frankfurt heading from Barcelona to Chicago due to a delay, but my bag did not. If you have checked bags don't even consider a tight connection because you can often outrun your bags at these big airports. If you don't have checked bags then it's possible, but I would not recommend it.
When I book flights, even within the United States, it is always with a minimum of 3 hours if connections are necessary. Really, the longer, the better. My friends think I am crazy, but I have never missed a flight and there is ample things to do in airports these days.
It was my first time leaving the United States with a 1h20m layover in Frankfurt. My flight leaving the US was delayed 30 mins.
You are so spot on!! I always make sure I have 2 to 3 hours between connections. I had to go through passport control in Canada after getting off a flight. It took over 2 hours. And on top of that, the doors to the gate were locked and no one, including the pilots (LOL), could get to the gate. After the pilots kept calling security, finally someone came and unlocked the doors. We all got to the gate 15 minutes before departure time.
When I went from Mexico back home, I had to go through immigration, and then security again before I got my layover. It was a hard lesson to learn. Not sure if its the same everywhere in the world
....and if you land at the Polderbaan of Schiphol, then you're really screwed, as that's a pretty long ride to the terminal.
If I'm on a single ticket, Ill accept a connection within MCT, even if it is shorter. The airlines will expedite you. I prefer a 2-3 hour connection, but sometimes those dont price out as well.
What about the luggage. It must take some time for your suitcase to find its way from one plane to an other. Not fun to reach you destination but the suitcase missed the flight
I have the same experience. initially, I have connection time around 80 minutes at Vienna but the outbound from Bangkok was delayed I had 40 minutes connection. We ran after passport check to the gate almost closing time. Will never do it again
I've seen stops from th US to Europe but with a 45-1hr layover in Iceland... supposedly there's no check there, so it's just making the connection, same thing for Dublin... passport check was in Zurich, my final stop.
I flew once to Denver with a friend with a half hour connection in Detroit. We made it to the plane, but we had to sprint to the gate (and we were the last to board). I'd never do a connection that short again, domestic or international. Another time I flew to Brussels with another friend with a hour and a half layover in Reykjavík airport. I was nervous because a hour and a half is cutting close, but Reykjavik airport is designed as a mostly transitional airport. I feel a shorter connection in that airport is probably OK.
I never book a flight anywhere with less than a two hour layover. Usually I book 3+ hours.