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I'm looking at flights for getting from Dublin to the Maurienne at Easter and one of the options is to go to Geneva via Zurich with Swiss. The connection time in ZRH is 65 minutes. Assuming the inbound flight is on time, is 65 minutes enough ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If the airline is prepared to sell you the ticket with that connection time they'll protect you if you miss the connecting flight. You're already in Schengen so should be a straightforward connection with no immigration etc.?
Google suggests the MCT is 40 mins, although I can't see this on the ZRH website.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@aberdeenski, Ireland isn’t in Schengen, although my experiences of Zurich is that it’s pretty efficient for passports etc. I’d be more concerned about your bags not making the connection
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@EricTheRed, I have regularly flown through Zürich airport. It is one of the easiest and most efficient airports around. No issue with a 65 minute connection time. I didnt think there were any flights between Zürich and Geneva, thought it was a train link though might be wrong.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Zurich is a piece of cake. I have done 45 mins connecting from Manchester to East Asia >15-20 times. Obviously if your inbound is significantly delayed it will be an issue but if you arrive on time, 65 mins is plenty of time. Even if you’re 30 mins late you will probably make the next flight 
I haven’t travelled with check-in luggage since 2007 (unless I’m bringing skis) so can’t comment on the chance of bags making it.. but given the efficiency of ZRH, I wouldn’t expect any issues.
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Thanks all for the insights, it's reassuring that the general consensus is the transfer time is do-able. Off to book flights now !
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@EricTheRed,
Are there no closer direct flights like to Milan?
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Good question. The winter flight schedules up to the end of March have 3 direct flights from Dublin to Geneva and 2 direct flights to Lyon every Saturday, but in April there's only one direct flight each to Geneva and Lyon. The problem is they both land after 4pm and so don't allow enough time to get to resort and pick up skis that day for the kids ski school starting first thing the next morning. Turin and Milan flights have the same issue.
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@T Bar, the hire shop does actually open 45mins before lessons but I couldn't face the stress of that. Very reasonable flights booked now going via Amsterdam (also with 65 min connection) as there are much better fall back options if we miss the connection.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Swiss will rebook you or just stick you on a train if you miss it. You have the benefit of arriving into the D gates not the E gates so you save time by not having to get the little train. They also announce the gates for connecting flights before you come in to land. A gates are max 10min walk, B gates max 5.
Passport control is a bottleneck for non-Schengen but I am assuming you have Irish passports? In which case its 90% quicker.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@EricTheRed, that's surprising about Milan - all 3 Milan airports (you can usually select "any milan" on the search engines - Linate, Malpensa, Bergamo, the latter probably a bit too far)? They usually have best selection of flights ex Dublin, they're forcing me to Italy more or less every trip now
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