[guy]

Does anyone know what the minimum connecting time between Sydney domestic and Sydney International is? This is between competing airlines, i.e I am frling into Sydney domestic on Tuesday 15 November on QF774 (economy) ETA 21:10 and departing Sydney International on MH142 (business class) ETD 22:20.

I have called both airlines and they seem disinterested. Malaysian said the check in woudl close 45 minutes before. If the Qantas flight is late in, are they responsible for the missed connection?

Cutting it fine!!

I would allow at least 1 1/2 hrs if you can't check through (which you can't).

Cheers

[guy]

I think I will try and get on the earlier flight, my domestic ticket can be changed without penalty.

[Dave Noble]

Originally Posted by guy

I think I will try and get on the earlier flight, my domestic ticket can be changed without penalty.

I think that in your case the MCT is not relevant; it sounds like you are on 2 tickets and so therefore not connecting. If you are on 2 separate tickets then the airline is not required to help you out at all so I would make sure that you leave a decent period

For an actual connection from QF to MH, 80 minutes will work and iirc, the MCT is 70 minutes

I would check with Qf and see whether they can check your bags through.

Dave

[coyote25]

Interestingly QANTAS changed an award flight of mine out of SYD to a connection time of 40 minutes between DOM & INT. I fixed it up with them however the CRM was surprised this had happened. This was Q to Q however I wasn't going to chance it.

Coyote25

[freaky]

Originally Posted by coyote25

Interestingly QANTAS changed an award flight of mine out of SYD to a connection time of 40 minutes between DOM & INT. I fixed it up with them however the CRM was surprised this had happened. This was Q to Q however I wasn't going to chance it.

Coyote25

That's happened to me a few times as well. The system that performs the time changes is automated and does not factor in any other flights on the itinerary. Any problems have to be picked up by the consultant and hopefully you'll still get a half decent connection.

I had an itin DOM to DOM that went from 40 minute connection thru SYD to 25 minutes to PER. Got shifted on my second flight and had a thoroughly enjoyable 3 hours at SYD. :roll: It could have been worse, I could have been stuck in ADL.

[Mal]

Originally Posted by freaky

That's happened to me a few times as well. The system that performs the time changes is automated and does not factor in any other flights on the itinerary. Any problems have to be picked up by the consultant and hopefully you'll still get a half decent connection.
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Similar thing happened to me. Imagine a same day return to a city being changed so that you had a 1 hour turnaround.

Hmmmm. Had to call up and get that one changed quick smart!

[odoherty]

I believe that Qantas' minimum connection time (for QF to QF) is 1.5 for Sydney. If you book shorter than that, they won't help if you miss your flight.

From personal experience with late flights into Sydney, I would allow at least 2.5 hours.

[JohnK]

Originally Posted by Dave Noble

I think that in your case the MCT is not relevant; it sounds like you are on 2 tickets and so therefore not connecting. If you are on 2 separate tickets then the airline is not required to help you out at all so I would make sure that you leave a decent period

If flying say LST-SYD the Qantas booking engine recommends flight LST-MEL dep 7:25am arr 7:25am and MEL-SYD dep 8:00am arr 9:20am. If I pick this routing and the first flight arrives late and I miss my connecting flight is this my responsibility or Qantas? There are other MEL-SYD flights each day but flying to other cities may only have 1 flight a day so missing flight could mean an overnight somewhere. May also have situation where you allow 3 hours connecting time and due to cancellations you may miss connecting flight.

Does the responsibility lie with the customer or the airline? Just interested to know what happens in these situations? What is the recommended minimum connection time for domestic routes?

[guy]

I have changed my QF flight from Adelaide to QF766 ETA into Sydney at 20:05 departing MH142 to Kuchint at 22:20 so should be enough time now, being 2:15 connecting time.