Icelandair 40 minute stop?
Jan 7th, 2012, 09:50 PM
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Icelandair 40 minute stop?
I am planning to fly roundtrip from Seattle to Frankfurt in October, and am finding flights in the $1200-1300 range, except for Iceland Air which has a convenient flight for $900. But the SEA-FRA flight (#680) has a 40 minute stop in Reykjavik. 40 minutes! Is that possible? Can there possibly be a change of planes involved? Not sure how to research this and I am hoping someone can help me out.
Jan 8th, 2012, 01:48 AM
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Icelandair wouldn't allow you to book an impossible connection - but you will pass through immigration into Schengen in Iceland so don't dawdle. Better still book a stopover as Iceland is interesting and worth an overnight stay.
Jan 8th, 2012, 05:01 AM
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flight changes have always been seamless for me there.
odds are great you will make it but per Alan
do an overnite at The Blue Lagoon close by
amazing for me last booking.com
insuremytrip.com wise in case you miss
saved my posterior last time on of the vlcanoes
up there had indigestion a couple of years ago.
odds are great you will make it but per Alan
do an overnite at The Blue Lagoon close by
amazing for me last booking.com
insuremytrip.com wise in case you miss
saved my posterior last time on of the vlcanoes
up there had indigestion a couple of years ago.
Jan 8th, 2012, 06:19 AM
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I had a similar stopover in the middle of the night a few years ago. I got my passport stamped, went up the escalator, used the restroom, and boarded the next flight to Paris. No problem at all.
It's not a very big airport as I recall.
It's not a very big airport as I recall.
Jan 8th, 2012, 09:39 AM
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Thanks for the post, azzure. I was seeing other IcelandAir flights out of Seattle with similar 40-50 minute connections and wondered about it. Last year, I had a 1 hour connection in Amsterdam and didn't make it, but my flight from SEA was late by 15 minutes. Good to know that Reykjavik is an option
