Flight transfers advice

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My 20 year old daughter wants to fly out to Manila in August to spend some time with a Filipino friend.

There are no direct flights from the UK. None of us have ever taken connecting flights.

Looking at Kuwait Air and Thai Airways both have flights with transfers in the order of 1h30m.

This seems like a crazy short time to land, taxi to the gate, get off, find the departure gate, walk, pass security (if required) and get to the new plane. That's assuming they transfer hold luggage. Any delay and you're screwed.

I know that the airline is responsible for making sure you get to your destination, but missing the flight could mean delays of a long time if the next few flights are fully booked.

But if all these airlines are selling flights with these short transfer times, they must be confident of dealing with these concerns.

So what's the deal? What's the minimum transfer time you would accept, or am I over worrying?
 
Thanks for the advice.

We've booked different flights with Emirates transfers at Dubai with a 6hr window outward and 6h40 in bound.

That sounds much more sensible even if a bit more expensive.
 
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