Connecting in Copenhagen

tinytobe

I am on a connecting flight via Copenhagen. I only have 40 minutes between the two flights.

I have one checked suitcase. Would this be enough time for my suitcase to make it?

Locker10a

suitcase should be fine.
but any delays could screw the whole thing you and the suitcase.
But if it all on one ticket you’ll be covered

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122011470#Comment_122011470

Thanks for that. Yes, it's all on one ticket.

I am not worried about not making the connecting flight.

However I am worried about the suitcase.

Locker10a

I got off a flight today where there was a slight delay attaching the airbridge upon arrival I’d say around 5 + mins waiting for the door to open after arrival on stand.
The airport app showed the first bags were already on the belt in arrivals before the any passengers had reached the baggage hall.

Point being sometimes bags move faster than passengers.

If the airline sells the connection it’s assumed it’s possible and doable. If everything is running efficiently and on time.

Hopefully that will be the case for you

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122012634#Comment_122012634

Thanks for reassuring me.

The Nutty M

Are you saying you have to land, get your checked bag, go landside, check your bag in for onward flight, go through security and board your onward flight?

All inside 40mins in CPH?

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122012687#Comment_122012687

It is all in one single booking and checked through. I think we covered that already.

SimpleDimple

I’ve been told before that if you can make the transfer, your bag can. In practice this isn’t always the case unfortunately

tinytobe

I can let you all know this evening if my suitcase made it or not.

Incidentally when the machine at the check in printed my tag for the suitcase the receipt which is normally given to the passenger wasn't printed. Don't know if that's a bad omen.

tinytobe

I've arrived and so did the suitcase.

I've also asked at Copenhagen airport. 30 minutes is the minimum for the suitcase to be sent to the connecting flight.

VG31

Good to hear. CPH is a very good airport for connections in my experience (with SAS). You disembark straight in to the gate area and don't have to go through security again.

Hotblack Desiato

So, assuming your onward destination was also in the Schengen area, you cleared the border at your onward destination?

(another assumption - you didn't start in Schengen!)

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122086905#Comment_122086905

Yes, there was a passport control at Copenhagen airport to pass, and then onward to the next Schengen destination. Once you're within Schengen they don't ask for passports, but the airlines want to see some form of ID upon boarding, I think.

Hotblack Desiato

Well having to go through a passport control on a tight connection is another thing that can go wrong…

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122087751#Comment_122087751

You clearly haven’t used CPH to connect very much - it and the other SAS hubs are excellent for tight connections even from outside of Schengen.

VG31

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091707#Comment_122091707

CPH is great for connections. However I'm not a fan of ARN. The passport control is extremely slow there. You also have to go through security again when arriving from Dublin.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091707#Comment_122091707

I've never been there at all. But I do know that 40 minutes is regarded as tight pretty much anywhere even without having to go through passport control.

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091723#Comment_122091723

Yes, the passport control was really slow. Long queues and few officers, but they opened up a further line, when I arrived.

Tabnabs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122091707#Comment_122091707

You clearly haven't used OSL to connect very much - if any airport in the world can delay you and lose your baggage, OSL can and will, with reassuring regularity.

VG31

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122092646#Comment_122092646

I flew in to ARN last July and was unlucky enough to arrive just after an Emirates flight. The e-gates weren't even open. When I was returning the Schengen exit check was also really slow even though there were only about 5 people ahead of me.

I also connected through ARN to Tallinn last year and it was quicker that time and there were e-gates as far as I remember.

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122092776#Comment_122092776

Actually I just did today.

Connection was 1:05 and everything went smoothly. No queues. Used the egates at passport control, got through security without a wait and breezed through customs.

Was at my departure gate 20 mins after stepping off the first flight, and I and my bag made it to my final destination in one piece.