nickmanchester2 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Tue 8 Feb 2011 13:15MAN Manchester bmiBD3695 15:40 DUS Dusseldorf International flight time 1h 25 Connect in airport 1h 40 17:20 DUS Dusseldorf International Air BerlinAB7150(+1) 10:05BKK Bangkok Suvarnabhumi 10h 45 will this be cutting it too short? I can do web check in but not sure I will have enough time to get my bag checked in... anyone done this flight before? Edited January 11, 2011 by nickmanchester2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Its not enough time for me. Really three hours is sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whimsy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 BMI and Air Berlin appear to have an interline agreement. If these flights were booked together as 1 itinerary then you should be able to check your bags straight through to Bangkok from Manchester. Contact BMI to confirm this and check in at Manchester airport rather than web check in so you can confirm it again at the time the bags are checked. If you bought them as separate tickets, it may be possible to get the flights connected in their booking systems into 1 itinerary so that you can check your bags straight through. Contact BMI or a travel agent for help with this. If you have to pick up your bags in Dusseldorf and check in again, then time will be pretty tight. You better hope that the first flight is not late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmanchester2 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 just called BMI and they said no interline agreement - air berlin german guy thought there was - but he said that I could make it anyway even with having to check my bags in - its a gamble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Minimum for me is 2 hours, between connecting flights Especially if I have to park the panzer and check in my jack boots and luger... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itishothere Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 - its a gamble Check out flightstats dot com. According to them, the BMI flight is delayed arriving in DUS 1 in 3 times. And when this happens, the average delay is 30 minutes. Yes it is a gamble. No code sharing/agreement or through ticketing means if you miss the flight you are stuffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDave Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 The key to this issue is: are your flights on the same booking reference or not? If the former the risk is with the airlines, if the latter the risk is with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerard50 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Check in in Dusseldorf is 15.45 pm. Gerard 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerard50 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Check in in Dusseldorf is 15.45 pm. Gerard 50 Sorry check in is closed at 15.45 Gerard 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianw Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 slightly off subject Why air berlin and not the usual arab airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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