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Connecting flights Timing through Barcelona to Seville - Do I have enough time?

If we land in Terminal 1 at 9:00am from our United flight how long will it take to go through customs and pickup our bags? I found another flight at 1:45 from Barcelona to Seville on Vueling airlines. The problem is it's a separate flight not connected to the other originating flights. So, I assume we'd have to go back through the check-in process at the arrival area. Can we do that in 2 hours? It's all in Terminal 1.

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15795 posts

Check with United. You may be able to check your luggage through to Sevilla and get both boarding passes in the US, even though it's a different airline and separate ticket.

Posted by
2267 posts

As I mentioned in your other post, 2 hours would be unreasonably close. 4h45m should certainly be safe.

I’d still call United and ask about changing to ticket to connect into Sevilla.

Posted by
11972 posts

If we land in Terminal 1 at 9:00am from our United flight how long will it take to go through customs and pickup our bags? I found another flight at 1:45 from Barcelona to Seville on Vueling airlines............. Can we do that in 2 hours? It's all in Terminal 1.

The way I learned math, 9AM to 1:45PM is more than 2 hrs

Are you not able to do a single booking from USA to Seville, rather than cobble together 2 separate flights and 'hope' it works?

Posted by
4088 posts

Immigration can take more time than customs which usually involves walking through a green door marked nothing to declare. That's after you have found your bags.
Then you trek to the Vueling departure gate where you face a full security screening to board your second flight. I haven't flown with Vueling for awhile so I am not up-to-date but the general advice for any bargain airline is to read the website and follow their rules exactly. You may be required to check in on-line in advance, and the limits on bag sizes, carry-ons etc. could be different than United. Two hours should be enough but that time will probably be more stressful than if you were travelling on a single United booking for the whole trip.