Time to transfer at AMS on 2 separate tickets with checked bags
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I will be traveling from Leeds UK to Amsterdam via KLM. I will have one checked bag. I will then be traveling from AMS to the US on a different ticket on United Airlines, so I will have to clear immigration and retrieve the checked bag and then check in again for the second flight. There is a three-hour gap between landing and takeoff of the two flights. Is that enough time?
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I will be traveling from Leeds UK to Amsterdam via KLM. I will have one checked bag. I will then be traveling from AMS to the US on a different ticket on United Airlines, so I will have to clear immigration and retrieve the checked bag and then check in again for the second flight. There is a three-hour gap between landing and takeoff of the two flights. Is that enough time?
short-connections ams
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In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
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I will be traveling from Leeds UK to Amsterdam via KLM. I will have one checked bag. I will then be traveling from AMS to the US on a different ticket on United Airlines, so I will have to clear immigration and retrieve the checked bag and then check in again for the second flight. There is a three-hour gap between landing and takeoff of the two flights. Is that enough time?
short-connections ams
edited Jun 30 at 23:23
dda
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asked Jun 30 at 18:04
Kathy
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I will be traveling from Leeds UK to Amsterdam via KLM. I will have one checked bag. I will then be traveling from AMS to the US on a different ticket on United Airlines, so I will have to clear immigration and retrieve the checked bag and then check in again for the second flight. There is a three-hour gap between landing and takeoff of the two flights. Is that enough time?
short-connections ams
edited Jun 30 at 23:23
dda
13.9k32548
asked Jun 30 at 18:04
Kathy
111
edited Jun 30 at 23:23
dda
13.9k32548
edited Jun 30 at 23:23
dda
13.9k32548
edited Jun 30 at 23:23
dda
13.9k32548
13.9k32548
asked Jun 30 at 18:04
Kathy
111
asked Jun 30 at 18:04
Kathy
111
asked Jun 30 at 18:04
Kathy
111
111
In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
– phoog
Jun 30 at 18:53
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In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
– phoog
Jun 30 at 18:53
In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
– phoog
Jun 30 at 18:53
In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
– phoog
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No one knows. There are no guarantees.
If all goes "normally" this will probably work. If there are any significant problems (delayed flight, baggage issues, long line at immigration, bad weather, etc.) then you won't make it.
By booking two tickets, you assume the full risk of missing the connection and it's up to you how much wait time you want to bake in as "insurance". That should be a function of the risk of delay and the consequences of the delay, i.e how much money is at stake and how do you value extra wait time vs. cash or schedule risk.
The beauty of a single ticket is that the airlines assume this risk. They can easily do this, since they have lots of statistical data to determine what "minimum connection times" make sense for them.
Personally, I would budget at least 4 hours for a connection like this.
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
No one knows. There are no guarantees.
If all goes "normally" this will probably work. If there are any significant problems (delayed flight, baggage issues, long line at immigration, bad weather, etc.) then you won't make it.
By booking two tickets, you assume the full risk of missing the connection and it's up to you how much wait time you want to bake in as "insurance". That should be a function of the risk of delay and the consequences of the delay, i.e how much money is at stake and how do you value extra wait time vs. cash or schedule risk.
The beauty of a single ticket is that the airlines assume this risk. They can easily do this, since they have lots of statistical data to determine what "minimum connection times" make sense for them.
Personally, I would budget at least 4 hours for a connection like this.
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
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up vote
3
down vote
No one knows. There are no guarantees.
If all goes "normally" this will probably work. If there are any significant problems (delayed flight, baggage issues, long line at immigration, bad weather, etc.) then you won't make it.
By booking two tickets, you assume the full risk of missing the connection and it's up to you how much wait time you want to bake in as "insurance". That should be a function of the risk of delay and the consequences of the delay, i.e how much money is at stake and how do you value extra wait time vs. cash or schedule risk.
The beauty of a single ticket is that the airlines assume this risk. They can easily do this, since they have lots of statistical data to determine what "minimum connection times" make sense for them.
Personally, I would budget at least 4 hours for a connection like this.
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
17k12954
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
No one knows. There are no guarantees.
If all goes "normally" this will probably work. If there are any significant problems (delayed flight, baggage issues, long line at immigration, bad weather, etc.) then you won't make it.
By booking two tickets, you assume the full risk of missing the connection and it's up to you how much wait time you want to bake in as "insurance". That should be a function of the risk of delay and the consequences of the delay, i.e how much money is at stake and how do you value extra wait time vs. cash or schedule risk.
The beauty of a single ticket is that the airlines assume this risk. They can easily do this, since they have lots of statistical data to determine what "minimum connection times" make sense for them.
Personally, I would budget at least 4 hours for a connection like this.
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
17k12954
No one knows. There are no guarantees.
If all goes "normally" this will probably work. If there are any significant problems (delayed flight, baggage issues, long line at immigration, bad weather, etc.) then you won't make it.
By booking two tickets, you assume the full risk of missing the connection and it's up to you how much wait time you want to bake in as "insurance". That should be a function of the risk of delay and the consequences of the delay, i.e how much money is at stake and how do you value extra wait time vs. cash or schedule risk.
The beauty of a single ticket is that the airlines assume this risk. They can easily do this, since they have lots of statistical data to determine what "minimum connection times" make sense for them.
Personally, I would budget at least 4 hours for a connection like this.
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
17k12954
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
edited Jun 30 at 23:24
dda
13.9k32548
13.9k32548
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
17k12954
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
17k12954
answered Jun 30 at 20:10
Hilmar
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17k12954
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In cases like this you have to consider what will happen if the flight is delayed. Three-hour delays are entirely possible. If you haven't yet bought the tickets, you should look for different flights. If you have, you can decide whether to change the tickets now or to hope for the best.
– phoog
Jun 30 at 18:53