Minimum connection time Sydney?

[henrus]

In J or Y?

There are flights every 2-3 hours tomorrow from SYD-PER with seats on all in Y although a couple of flights sold out in J.

They don't normally proactively rebook domestic connections and wait until actual arrival at the Qantas transfer area, they do this as it's never really known how long immigration, baggage reclaim and customs could be. It's worth noting it works both ways I've had bookings updated by the transfer area to fly ahead on an earlier SYD-BNE making my offical transfer time just 55 minutes.

 

[snooze]

Yet iv had the issue of getting to the domestic transfer terminal area with about a hour until the domestic flight departure. Being checked in, given boarding pass and luggage tags. To only get to the domestic gate and be told that they’ve given the seats away as they’ve thought me and a number of others wouldn’t make it.
Happened around 2 weeks ago after arriving on qf28 and connecting to qf1505.
Never happened to me before. After around 2hrs, they gave us hotel rooms and vouchers after initially saying to make the claims through travel insurance.

 

[PERLHR]

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In J or Y?

There are flights every 2-3 hours tomorrow from SYD-PER with seats on all in Y although a couple of flights sold out in J.

They don't normally proactively rebook domestic connections and wait until actual arrival at the Qantas transfer area, they do this as it's never really known how long immigration, baggage reclaim and customs could be. It's worth noting it works both ways I've had bookings updated by the transfer area to fly ahead on an earlier SYD-BNE making my offical transfer time just 55 minutes.

It's J. We have an estimated arrival time..not on stand time of 07.00. Coming from CDG via HND not really wanting a middle seat down the back!! .

 

[PERLHR]

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It's J. We have an estimated arrival time..not on stand time of 07.00. Coming from CDG via HND not really wanting a middle seat down the back!! .

So bottom line I made it on board the PER flight. JAL Wheels down SYD at 07.00. JAL arranged for an airport authority provided escort! Met me on arrival..got off aircraft at 07.10...where whisked me through passport control (essential as was very busy), waited with me as bag came of carousel where she told me JAL had already requested the bin with my bag in it to be despatched first if that was possible..(I think the bag was within the first 50 out)...passed the non declare zone fast, and then moved to QF transfer desk which was not overly busy but straight to the desk for check-in. Through security on bus and at departure gate at 07.50. Without the assistance though, I reckon no chance! So it will be a 100 percent success if my bag makes it. Now Airbourne for PER.

 

[sudoer]

JAL arranged for an airport authority provided escort!

Excellent service.

 

[Himeno]

In late 2019, I was connecting through NRT on JL (LAX-NRT-SYD). JL staff met me at the NRT arrival gate with a voucher and new boarding pass for SYD-CBR.
The LAX flight arrived on time, the aircraft for NRT-SYD was inbound and 3 hours late.