Minimum connection time in Hong Kong - separate bookings (QF127 & KA/CX/CCA)

[pointshungry]

Thanks, MEL Traveller, I will have to do the same next time!!! Cheers.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Thanks, MEL Traveller, I will have to do the same next time!!! Cheers.

be aware there is a time limit for claims. It used to be open ended - but i think now it's 3 months or something.

you can take a whole bunch of previous tickets as well - not just the flight of that day. You should bring your e-tickets as evidence (couple indound/outbound for each set you want to claim). Whole process only takes a few minutes.

It you have e-channel for HKG its fast... if you don't then there could be waits up to 20-30 mins in and out depending on immigration queues.

 

[JohnK]

HDK120 per ticket - and it's automatically included in all tickets departing from HKG. This is waived if you are in transit. There is a booth in the departures hall where you take your inbound and outbound tickets and provided you are in transit in HKG (same day) they give you the cash back. I got AUD100 back last year on a few tickets I had booked.

Handy to know for future planned transits.

 

[Myrna]

We will be in a similar situation to the original poster. Next year we will be flying SYD - HKG on QF127, arriving HKG 5:20pm, then connecting on KA906 leaving HKG 7pm. We thought the transit time would be adequate - now I am a bit concerned. We are on award tickets, so the bookings are on one booking reference. We will ask for our bag to be checked in all the way to PEK, so we don't have to collect and recheck it - hopefully giving us time to check out the HKG lounges. Is this do-able, if we can get our bag checked to PEK, and not just to HKG?

 

[Myrna]

Just curios, we are flying on award tickets, does this mean we can apply for this cash back - as we will be in HKG for less than 3 hours? How do we show or find that the taxes/charges on award tickets showing this tax so we can claim it? The taxes/charges we paid for the award tickets only show as one single amount, and not broken down.

HDK120 per ticket - and it's automatically included in all tickets departing from HKG. This is waived if you are in transit. There is a booth in the departures hall where you take your inbound and outbound tickets and provided you are in transit in HKG (same day) they give you the cash back. I got AUD100 back last year on a few tickets I had booked.

Full details are here: Civil Aviation Department - For Travellers

 

[wingspan]

We will be in a similar situation to the original poster. Next year we will be flying SYD - HKG on QF127, arriving HKG 5:20pm, then connecting on KA906 leaving HKG 7pm. We thought the transit time would be adequate - now I am a bit concerned. We are on award tickets, so the bookings are on one booking reference. We will ask for our bag to be checked in all the way to PEK, so we don't have to collect and recheck it - hopefully giving us time to check out the HKG lounges. Is this do-able, if we can get our bag checked to PEK, and not just to HKG?

On one ticket, I wouldn't be concerned. (Even if not on one ticket, QF will still be able to check you through to PEK on KA906). If everything runs to time, then you'll certainly have time to visit one of the lounges.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Just curios, we are flying on award tickets, does this mean we can apply for this cash back - as we will be in HKG for less than 3 hours? How do we show or find that the taxes/charges on award tickets showing this tax so we can claim it? The taxes/charges we paid for the award tickets only show as one single amount, and not broken down.

If your flights are all on one ticket and you are in transit, you won't have paid the departure tax, so nothing to get back.

If you have a stopover pre-planned, departure tax will have been paid. But since it is a stopover, nothing to claim back.

If you have two separate tickets (even awards), and one departing from HKG, and you are in transit in HKG (departing same day) you can claim it back.

Award tickets are subject to the same government departure tax. It is a standard amount. The claims agent won't ask you for proof of the departure tax.

 

[Myrna]

Thanks, wingspan, for the re-assurance. Hopefully flights will be on time so we can check out one of the HKG lounges - we have not been thru HKG for many years.

On one ticket, I wouldn't be concerned. (Even if not on one ticket, QF will still be able to check you through to PEK on KA906). If everything runs to time, then you'll certainly have time to visit one of the lounges.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Thanks, wingspan, for the re-assurance. Hopefully flights will be on time so we can check out one of the HKG lounges - we have not been thru HKG for many years.

Your connecting flight will board around 30 minutes before departure. But being a flight to mainland China it is highly likely to be delayed.

 

[Myrna]

Thanks, MEL_Traveller, for the clarification. Oh well, we will not have anything to get back - as our award flights are on one booking reference. It was just the taxes/charges for the award tickets were astronomical - out of LHR!

If your flights are all on one ticket and you are in transit, you won't have paid the departure tax, so nothing to get back.

If you have a stopover pre-planned, departure tax will have been paid. But since it is a stopover, nothing to claim back.

If you have two separate tickets (even awards), and one departing from HKG, and you are in transit in HKG (departing same day) you can claim it back.

Award tickets are subject to the same government departure tax. It is a standard amount. The claims agent won't ask you for proof of the departure tax.