Suvarnabhumi Transfer

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.


That's plenty of time, as long as the flight from Singapore is on
time. Air Asia check-in counters at Bangkok close 45 minutes before
departure.

Chris

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.

This should be very easy if you are landing *and* departing from
Suvanabhum airport. But I think that AA flights from BKK to CM are now
located at Don Muang airport; not sure about this.
You have to know it took me 2 hours to make the trip with the A/C bus
number 555 (it was the usual traffic jam of BKK friday's evening).

Mort

"Deckard" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an
Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but
slow
officials are not.

This should be very easy if you are landing *and* departing from
Suvanabhum airport. But I think that AA flights from BKK to CM are now
located at Don Muang airport; not sure about this.
You have to know it took me 2 hours to make the trip with the A/C bus
number 555 (it was the usual traffic jam of BKK friday's evening).


No, this is not the case.
From Singapore to Bangkok, Tiger Airways flies in to Suvarnabhumi.
From Bangkok to Chang Mai, Air Asia flies out from Suvarnabhumi.

2.5 hours should be plenty enough time to make the connection.

Gerry

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.


Should be fine.

Just one word of warning. BKK is the only airport I know
which has security checks AFTER the duty-free shops. If you
buy some liquor in the duty-free between flights - it won't
get past the security checks unless it's in a 100ml or less
bottle (unlikely:-); the same applies to other liquids like
perfumes.

If you bought duty-free at your previous stop, make sure it
is in checked baggage to get through the transfer.

Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:


Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.


Thanks for the help. All booked.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:36:41 +1100, Alan S wrote:

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
wrote:

I apologise if this has been asked before but I'm not having any success
"googling" this information re Bangkok Airport.

Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
officials are not.


Should be fine.

Just one word of warning. BKK is the only airport I know
which has security checks AFTER the duty-free shops. If you
buy some liquor in the duty-free between flights - it won't
get past the security checks unless it's in a 100ml or less
bottle (unlikely:-); the same applies to other liquids like
perfumes.

Many of the airports that I use regularly have security checks just
before the departure gates, often in addition to the checks just after
immigration.

I thought goods purchased in the duty-free shops were exempted from
the normal 100ml restriction on liquids. Isn't that the case at
Bangkok?

Chris

"ChrisG" a écrit dans le message de news:
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| On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 09:56:46 +0900, "Chris Gates"
| wrote:
|
|
| Can anyone tell me if 2.5 hours from landing time to departure time is
| sufficient to transfer from a Tiger Airways flight from Singapore to an Air
| Asia flight BKK to Chiang Mai. Have insurance so delays are covered but slow
| officials are not.
|
| Thanks for the help. All booked.

If there is any delay, there are a number of Air Asia flights from Bkk to CM
during the day so it's a simple matter to get on a later flight (assuming you're
not arriving late evening in Bkk). Thai Air and Bangkok Airways also cover that
route.

pg
http://frogblog-thaidings.blogspot.com/

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:15:08 +0800, Chris Blunt
wrote:

I thought goods purchased in the duty-free shops were exempted from
the normal 100ml restriction on liquids. Isn't that the case at
Bangkok?

Chris

Apparently not, according to the argument between the
security guys and some passengers in front of me at the
time.

However, I can't be absolutely sure. I suggest anyone in
that situation check carefully. They didn't seem to have a
system like Honolulu, where the duty-free booze was
collected from a representative in the Qantas gate lounge,
which is a bit remote from the main terminal.


Cheers, Alan, Australia
--
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Two Indian Hotels: to Sleep, Perchance...

"Alan S" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
| On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:15:08 +0800, Chris Blunt
| wrote:
|
| I thought goods purchased in the duty-free shops were exempted from
| the normal 100ml restriction on liquids. Isn't that the case at
| Bangkok?
|
| Chris
|
| Apparently not, according to the argument between the
| security guys and some passengers in front of me at the
| time.
|
| However, I can't be absolutely sure. I suggest anyone in
| that situation check carefully. They didn't seem to have a
| system like Honolulu, where the duty-free booze was
| collected from a representative in the Qantas gate lounge,
| which is a bit remote from the main terminal.

I've had no problems. Of course you have to ensure that the seal isn't broken on
the duty-free shop bag. But then you're not suppose to break that until you pass
Customs at the end of your journey anyway.

I've seen someone get caught out in just that way at Bkk - bought some expensive
smell-good product, broke the bag seal, then used it on himself. At 50$ a
bottle, that must have been one helluva expensive quick blast of aftershave ...

Pete
http://frogblog-thaidings.blogspot.com/