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How do I check the minimum connecting time in Galileo?

@MT checks the MCT for every connection in the booking file. DCTVIE shows the Vienna minimums with exceptions and DCTFRA*LH an airline's own. The MCT is the shortest connection allowed, not a comfortable one.
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When

You build a connection by hand, the client asks whether a transfer is long enough, or you change one flight of a connection.

Steps

#EntryWhat it doesWhy
1@MTChecks the MCT for the flights in the booking file.Every connection at once.
2@MT1*3Checks confirmed segments 1 and 3.One connection only.
3DCTVIEMCT at Vienna, with its exceptions.Before you sell.
4DCTVIE-IIMCT at Vienna including the international-to-international exceptions.The type of connection changes the minimum.
5DCTFRA*LH · DCTVIE*OSOSWith LH's exceptions · with OS-to-OS exceptions.Airlines publish their own minimums.
6DCTFRA*LHOU-IILH-to-OU international-to-international exceptions at FRA.Connections between two airlines.
7DCTOpens the MCT fill-in mask.When you are unsure of the format.

Check it worked

The response gives the minimum per type of connection, and your connection is at least that long.

Traps

  • An MCT is a minimum, not a comfortable connection time. Allow for a late arrival, a terminal change or passport control.
  • A change of airport in the same city needs far more time — .CX in availability keeps you at one airport (Narrow availability by airline, stops, connection point, time or class).
  • Airline-only availability can offer connections of up to 23 h 59 min.
  • DCT*OU · DCT*LHOU list the airline partnerships used to build connections — background, rarely needed.

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