Connecting flights question

StereoSound

What's a reasonable amount of time to have between connecting flights? I've a flight to Asia in October , Dublin Heathrow to hongkong. Is 1 hour and 30 mins enough connecting time for Heathrow? On the way back I'll be going through Manchester with the same 1 hour and 30 mins connecting time before arriving in Dublin.

Also another question, if I missed a connecting flight due to a flight coming in late where do I stand? Would I have to fork out for the flight I missed or will they just stick me on next available flight with no money exchanged? All flight on one E ticket. Aerlingus and Cathay pacific are the airlines.

Thanks

Uncle_moe

StereoSound wrote: »

Is 1 hour and 30 mins enough connecting time for Heathrow?

Personally, I think this is a bit tight, certainly for any comfort anyway. Depending on what terminal you fly into and which one you leave from will dictate whether or not it is ample time to make your flight. Same terminal and you might be okay as long as you depart Dublin and land in Heathrow on time.
Eg. I recently flew BA DUB-LHR terminal 5 with a connection out of the same terminal and it took me roughly 1 hour to pass back through security in terminal 5. Would have been cutting it fine though as most long haul flights start boarding about 45 mins or 1 hour before departure and close their gates about 20 mins before take off.

StereoSound wrote: »

if I missed a connecting flight due to a flight coming in late where do I stand?

Generally airlines will cover you in this instance as it's not not your fault you missed the flight. Can be a pain though especially if the next flight out of Heathrow is full and you have to wait longer again.

michealsad

Thats pretty tight for heathrow, Aer Lingus flies into Terminal 2, and then youll have to get the bus to Terminal 4 for Cathay Pacific and clear security again.

I travel alot through Heathrow, always give myself two hours unless its a BA connection as they land you straight into Terminal 5 and normally fly straight out of Terminal 5.

If you miss your connection, you'll be put straight back onto the next seat that's available to get you to that Destination.

I missed a flight to NYC recently due to late inbound from Dublin, BA put me on the next flight to JFK which happened to be an American Airlines flight.

fits

Dont sweat it. They will put you on the next flight if you miss it. Transferring at heathrow isnt so bad as people make out.

StereoSound

Thanks for the replies

endofrainbow

fits wrote: »

Dont sweat it. They will put you on the next flight if you miss it. Transferring at heathrow isnt so bad as people make out.

Not necessarily the next flight......next flight with available seats.

January

It's the minimum connection time. You could be pretty tight for time but once you take off on time you should be ok.

Marcusm

michealsad wrote: »

Thats pretty tight for heathrow, Aer Lingus flies into Terminal 2, and then youll have to get the bus to Terminal 4 for Cathay Pacific and clear security again.

I travel alot through Heathrow, always give myself two hours unless its a BA connection as they land you straight into Terminal 5 and normally fly straight out of Terminal 5.

If you miss your connection, you'll be put straight back onto the next seat that's available to get you to that Destination.

I missed a flight to NYC recently due to late inbound from Dublin, BA put me on the next flight to JFK which happened to be an American Airlines flight.

Cathay flies from T3 not T4. OP will arrive at T2 and will not have any immigration or customs formalities. As T3 and T2 are adjacent to each other it's a toss up as to whether a landslide or airside transfer is quicker. Irrespective, if the inbound EI flight is on time, I doubt that there would be a problem assuming no excessive dawdling.