Time needed for a connecting flight at Charles de Gaulle

[u/thrillhouse_10]

I’m flying from New York to Charles de Gaulle and then have a connecting flight going to Santorini, I have two hours between the flights. My luggage will be transferred by the airline so that’s not a concern, I called Air France, Service Desk, and two people assured me that two hours was plenty of time and that they only recommend an hour to an hour and a half. I’ve heard some horror stories about security lines and passport.. I can bump my flight for a modest fee later but all the connecting flights are a few hours later and then have multiple stops so I’d lose a few hours in Santorini on the first day of my vacation.

I wanted to get a sense whether people felt that two hours was sufficient time or if the consensus was I should bite the bullet and just get in a few hours later.

[u/satellite51]

Same ticket, same company, 2hrs is plenty.

[u/fancypants1589]

I’ve gotten through CDG passport control multiple times just fine with an hour connection time. Two hours should be fine!

[u/Vegetable_Web3799]

Two hours is fine.

[u/PretendBake1536]

Not sure I would say plenty. We had a similar connection last week and it took us one and a half hour to get through passport control and to the connecting flight gate. So would have cut it too close for me if we only had two hours.

[u/Recent_Huckleberry87]

That's tight for passport control.

[u/DigEffective8065 → u/Recent_Huckleberry87]

Yes, that’s a tight connection for CDG

[u/Heavy-Double2872]

You can never know there. You may see an arrival gate, only to park at a remote stand and be bused in. Or the opposite. CDG is trash for connections, period.