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Been flying 20 years, first time connecting.
Bought ticket with BA to Abu Dhabi, via Qatar, and noticed there is only 1 hour between landing of first flight and then takeoff of the connecting flight.I assume that the luggage is taken automatically from first plane to next and if I miss the second flight due to delay of the first then I get compensation?
If it’s on one ticket, the luggage is usually transferred automatically (exceptions exist: eg USA), and compensation and/or reticketing to another flight will apply for a missed connection.
Compensation will depend on (a) the cause of the delay and (b) the length of the delay at your ultimate destination.
Yes, it’s on one ticket but does seem a bit high risk. Just one hour?
Ifint know if you need to go through security etc againIs this on BA plus QR, presumably, on a date when there’s no direct BA flight? It can take quite a while to disembark at DOH, and you may well need to go through immigration and security. There should be a QR regular along at some point to clarify.
Your connection will be protected and you should be put on another flight if you miss the one you’re booked on, but it sounds a bit of a convoluted routing. I don’t know how flexible you are, but it might be less complicated to fly to DXB then take a taxi to Abu Dhabi? You’re not having to deal with 2 separate countries and 2 lots of immigration, etc, if you do that.
Yes, it’s on one ticket but does seem a bit high risk. Just one hour?
Ifint know if you need to go through security etc againThey wouldn’t have sold you the ticket if they felt an hour was insufficient to make the connection.
Check the airport website for details if there is a connections route that won’t require to clear passport control etc which would speed your trip through the airport up.
It would probably glean more knowledgeable responses if the thread title mentioned connecting at DOH.
In my single experience in economy, DXB-DOH, it was around 45 minutes from landing to arriving in the terminal because we had to disembark after the F & J pax and take a fairly long bus transfer.
There might be some helpful info in this article and I imagine there are others on the internet:
https://simpleflying.com/doha-airport-connection-time/If it’s on one ticket definitely no immigration at DOH, and maybe 40% chance of security when arriving from LHR.
If they let you skip security it should be easy peasy to get to the next gate, don’t dawdle though.
DXB arrivals can sometimes have bus gates, LHR arrivals should mostly park at a gate with airbridge.
If you arrive on time you should be fine. DOH is a transit airport and everything is geared to getting you through.
Usually it is just transit security and even that is done on a massive scale – at several locations, so you can find it is a bit of walk, or a train ride, to your departure gate. There is no passport control for connecting pax.
Arrivals from some countries, including UK, avoid even transit security so an hour should be fine. If it is really tight you may get met at the arrival gate and be escorted to your departure gate. Yes, baggage finds its own way to the next flight.
Baggage no problem. Making the connection – good luck. Miss it – they will get you on the next flight. Compensation – almost zero chance.
I might have missed something, but OP says they “booked with BA”, so if the LHR-DOH is on BA metal, and is delayed for an eligible reason, I can’t see why they wouldn’t get compo.
I might have missed something, but OP says they “booked with BA”, so if the LHR-DOH is on BA metal, and is delayed for an eligible reason, I can’t see why they wouldn’t get compo.
Yes I thought about this and MCT – obviously airlines shouldn’t sell a ticket if MCT is unlikely. BUT airlines are not in control of immigration/passport/security/transport…. So all of those things would be outside of their control.
Of course they need to accommodate you during any delay, but I guess that’s how far it would go. Not compensation in terms of cash. And for once, I agree with the airlines on this.
Would be happy to hear any alternate views.
Read again – if the LHR-DOH on BA is delayed, and causes OP to miss the connecting flight, as per the original post.
If this is not due to circs outside BA’s control they would then be liable for delay compo depending on how late OP was in getting to the final destination.
Not sure what you’re actually agreeing with in terms of the airline as there hasn’t been any comment from one evidenced here?It’s possible it’s a codeshare ie booked on BA flight numbers but operated by QR. Doesn’t make much difference as the origin is the UK and destination is Abu Dhabi so if the flight into DOH is delayed and they miss the connection to Abu Dhabi then they need to be rerouted to the destination.
The issue is that if the operator of the flight from LHR is QR then that’s who OP needs to contact to get rerouted and QR is potentially liable for any compensation if the ultimate arrival in Abu Dhabi is over 3 hours later than originally scheduled.
If BA operates the UK-DOH sector and they are the reason for the delayed arrival into Abu Dhabi than BA would be liable even if the final sector is on QR metal. But it would probably still be down to QR to reschedule OP.
The return flights if operated by QR to the UK would potentially by out of scope for UK261 but if they are on BA flight numbers I think there is still some potential that BA is liable especially if BA operate the DOH-UK sector and that is delayed, and even if the delay is down to the QR operated sector.
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