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Transfer time at CDG

Arriving from the US and transferring to a flight to Berlin. How much time is needed between flights at CDG?

Posted by
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There is a big difference in the protections and procedures of booking a code-shared connection, all on one ticket, versus booking two separate tickets.

If you are booking the whole trip through one airline and its partners, then baggage can be checked through and they would put you on the next available connection, if necessary due to airline delays (or even long lines at passport control). You should be able to use whatever connection time the airline officially offers, but allow one hour minimum.

If you were considering an independent, budget airline for the second leg, you would need more transfer time to collect and re-check luggage and also to provide a cushion of other delays; the airlines would take no responsibility for getting you to the second flight.

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Posted by
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I would plan on four hours. That leaves two hours for baggage, customs and getting to your next gate. The other two hours is to cover for late arrival. I tracked one non-stop for a month, it was 9 minutes late on average but ranged from 26 minutes early to 2 hours and 7 minutes late. You probably won't need the extra time but it's a lot easier to kill a couple hours waiting as opposed to getting to the gate just one short minute after the plane pushes back from the terminal.