Fellow travelers, I have a dilema. My brother is taking a British Midland BMI flight from London LHR to CDG arriving 9:15pm at CDG. He has to catch his flight to Brazil flying AirFrance at 11:15pm. Will he have enough time? Given that he has to wait for his lugage?? What if he doesn%26#39;t check any lugage, would that be reasonable then? How far is BMI from AirFrance at CDG? His other alternative (24 USD more) would be to arrive at CDG at 6pm and wait for hours . . . Your thoughts and comments please!
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BMI flights arrive at CDG terminal building #1 Most of Air France%26#39;s flights use CDG #2. So you would have to get across between CDG #1 and CDG #2 and STAY WITHIN the controlled IN-TRANSIT spaces. There are special shuttle buses (Navettes) between the two terminals for this but even if you have to collect your lugggage from BMI and carry it with you across to CDG #2, you should be able to make your AF flight to Brazil in planty of time.
Sorry, I%26#39;ve never swithched flights at CDG so I%26#39;m not familiar with the IN-TRANSIT shuttles between the two terminals. I do know that if you EXIT the controlled-spaces of the terminal at the French Customs checkpoint for any reason, you will have to re-check-in and pass through airport security all over again.
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I would wait the 5 hours, it isn%26#39;t that long. If his flight is delayed into CDG for any reason he is out of luck and stick for a lot longer at CDG waiting for a new flight.
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and it%26#39;s is strongly suggested to be min 2 hours in advance for international flights, most of the planes are overbooked, i would also wait the 5 hours. the plane arrives a 9,15am, let%26#39;s suppose it is on time. that means, yout borther will not get out of the plane before 9.25, then he needs to take his luggage, 10 min more. so with the best conditions he will check-in with air france at 9.40 more or less, so 1 hour and a half approximatly before the departure. but you know that there are lots of risks that the plane is delayed, even 15 min, and that his luggage can arrive after all the other ones. so i would be very stressed to check-in with air france at 10 or after. he can buy magazines, have a drink, chill a bit before the long flight. and he will not wait so long, if he arrives at 6, he will be out with his luggage arond 6.30, then he can check-in with air france around 9, and he will get in the plane probably 30 to 40 minutes before the departure. when i went to ny, the call to get in the plane began 40 min before the departure. so he can wait max 4 hours, but being sure he will get into the plane :)
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Thanks guys! I just booked his flight to arrive at 6:15pm . . . . $24 USD more than the 9:15 arrival flight . . . and he will be in there for a few hours . . . but no risk . . . no rush . . . . no stress . . . . and its better to be safe than sorry. I also checked wtih an American Airlines sales person (just called and asked questions) . . . and she advised me to allow at least 3 hours from arrival time to next flight departure time.
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