Transfer times in Heathrow or CDG

riddles

I maybe travelling to India in May. I'm looking at flying either through Heathrow or Charles de Gaul, I was wondering what time I would need to leave to get a connecting flight?

thanks

Caranica

riddles wrote: »

I maybe travelling to India in May. I'm looking at flying either through Heathrow or Charles de Gaul, I was wondering what time I would need to leave to get a connecting flight?

thanks

Book on a single ticket to give you the most protection. For CDG at least two hours though as you'll be going from Non Schengen to Schengen and will have to clear border control as well as re-doing security.

goingnowhere

The airlines and travel agents WILL not sell an impossible ticket, they sell up to the minimum connecting time set by the airport, the terminal and the origin destination, if you miss the connection the airline will have to get you to destination at there cost.

If you fly DUB-LHR-IN you will not have to go through passport control at LHR (but you will on the way back)
If you fly DUB-CDG-IN it gets complex but in theory you should be able to avoid going through passport control in both directions assuming it is within the maze of terminal 2 (if you change terminals all bets are off)

You will have to reclear security, both LHR and CDG will force this, but it might be possible to avoid when arriving from Dublin at CDG but not from India

2 hours would be a sensible time to allow

Check if there is an option via AMS also, probably the simplest place to connect at no passport check in either direction and only security if incoming from outside US/CA/EU

rainbow kirby

Flight connections in Heathrow can be very slow at times - long queues for security in general. You'll quite likely have a terminal change too.

whomitconcerns

From someone who has travelled and connected a LOT. CDG is the worst in the world. Take any other airport instead. So in this case LHR for definite.

bigar

whomitconcerns wrote: »

From someone who has travelled and connected a LOT. CDG is the worst in the world. Take any other airport instead. So in this case LHR for definite.

Funny, I was going to say the same about LHR. I actually would spend more on a ticket if it means not having to go through it.

whomitconcerns

go via AMS if at all possible. Much nicer!! No buses or trains..if you have a tight connection you just run

Gravelly

whomitconcerns wrote: »

From someone who has travelled and connected a LOT. CDG is the worst in the world. Take any other airport instead. So in this case LHR for definite.

bigar wrote: »

Funny, I was going to say the same about LHR. I actually would spend more on a ticket if it means not having to go through it.

I go through both airports a lot, and while both can be bad, CDG is far worse in my experience.