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I am flying into MEL on 26th December at 1130 with Air Newzealand (already booked). Need to book a flight to Sydney on the same day. I am thinking about Qantas, since they have a number of flights on the same day....
Suggestions - How much time should I keep between these two flights, to be on the safe side.....
CHC-MEL route, is this route known for flight delays because of weather or any other reason,
even though Qantas has flights every 30 minutes, but I have heard that if I miss my booked flight, I will have to buy tickets to be on the next flight, as compared to US where airlines can put u on the next available flight on the same day, if seats are available. Is Qantas strict about these rules, or reservations agent can help out in such circumstances ...
Thanks
If you miss your flight on a non-refundable ticket Qantas, and all airlines, will make you pay to get on another flight(Penalty or a new ticket)
The two sure fire way to avoid this is to buy a changeable ticket or buy a ticket through fare to the next city.
You could upgrade your Air New Zealand ticket to go to Sydney, making your missed connection their responsibility, or get a nonstop to Sydney.
I have flown to Sydney and Melbourne from New Zealand on various carriers several times, and the only one that was delayed was Jetstar.
As the previous poster said, if you book your connecting flight independently and additionally on a different carrier, there will be no refund, no help, no nothing. You just have to buy another ticket.
If you want to fly on a cheap ticket you just have to leave enough time for a possible delay and formalities. Leave three hours between the flights, and you should be fine. And for the domestic flight, also check Virgin Blue, and other carriers.
As your flight CHC - MEL is already booked you cannot make changes. But for next time, consider flying CHC - AKL - SYD on Air NZ, and they have to get you on the next flight in AKL if the CHC flight is delayed, or even the airplane to SYD would wait if more passengers than just you are on the delayed flight.
We had this problem last year with a delayed CHC - AKL flight. As about 30 passengers with the next destination San Francisco were on it, the plane waited more than 60 minutes to avoid chaos.
Thanks for the info ...
My booked flights cannot be changed, and AIR NZ does not fly MEL - SYD. I have star alliance tickets, and seats for SYD were not available for my reservation class.....
I am trying to find cheap tix, and Qantas seems to be the best option so far ...
based on the feedback here, I will book my Qantas flight three hrs after the arrival time at MEL, and then pray on the day of travel for no delays :)
Thanks again
Will cross my fingers for you that there will be no big delay.
Cheaper tickets than QANTAS available through Jet Star and Virgin Blue. In both cases leave from domestic terminals which are adjacent to the International Terminal (same building). As another poster has suggested, perhaps 3 hours would be about right but you may want to play it safe and stretch that out to 4 hours in case of delay. Bear in mind that it is peak holiday travel day (Dec 26) and everything will be crowded.
Good luck
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