Comments on: Minimum connecting time and other dreams

By: Charles Clarke

Charles Clarke — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:14:26 +0000

I like allowing for extra time for connections, but it helps to be aware that for domestic flights, if your connection is over 4 hours, it is considered a stopover and so you’ll probably pay more than you need to for that ticket. Of course, sometimes your choices are 45 minutes or 4 hours and 45 minutes. Time for a different connecting city or airline! :-)

By: Jutarat

Jutarat — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 05:50:14 +0000

Who make the rules of legal minimum connecting time? Is it the airlines/ airports/FAA? Where could I find the information? I’m doing the project about illegal connecting flight.

By: Charlie Leocha

Charlie Leocha — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:59:38 +0000

@Jaime Should be pleny of connecting time.

By: Jaime Navau Pons

Jaime Navau Pons — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:56:32 +0000

How time is necesaire for connecting :
arrival: LH493 vancouver to franfkfurt 11’30 h.
departure: LH4454 frankfurt to barcelona 13’10 h.
thank you

By: brimdle

brimdle — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:40:35 +0000

Transfer times are not a good thing, when travelling by wheelchair,for a start, we told not to leave the plane until everybody is off This can take any from 15 min for a small plane, and upto 25 min on a jumbo,We are taken by airport staff, to the next aircraft,once the airline said 50 min for transfer, Is impossible.We try for 1.5-2hrs thats about right.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:54:41 +0000

Some sites do give you lots of choices for connections on a given day’s flights. Kayak.com is an example – the screens offer many more options than the close connection.

What is a reasonable connection time does depend on many factors. Just last year I was scheduled with a group of 10 people for a Minneapolis to Madrid flight with a seemingly hopeless connection time of 40 minutes in Amsterdam. I knew we’d miss the Madrid flight, but when we deplaned in Amsterdam, a perky KLM agent was there to meet us, and said, “I’m going to walk fast. Keep up with me!” and shepherded us through every step and pitfall of the airport. The Madrid flight was boarding as we reached the gate, and we did make the connection…….if only our luggage had been so fortunate!

By: Joel Wechsler

Joel Wechsler — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:01:43 +0000

@Bodega you should explain what married segments are. Otherwise most people will not understand your point. Ny the way, I agree completely. It can definitely create nighgmares, especially when there is no later flight and he connection is missed. I would liem to think that the airlines who follow this policy are a little more likely to hold a flight but I have no evidence for that.

By: jr

jr — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:06:59 +0000

Helloo, 3 years ago i did 40 min connections in frankfurt for about 7 trips from GRZ-FRA-IAD …
not a problem if you know where to go … I had just carry ons….
Just the first plain isn’t allowed to be late. Missed once…. plane was still there but was allready closed….

By: Graham Harrison

Graham Harrison — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:33:14 +0000

If you are a “self-booker”, particularly via the web, it can be quite difficult to get the systems to give you a reasonable connection. The systems are all programmed to give you as near MCT as possible. That’s OK for those of us who know what to look for but for most people they just pick the cheapest and believe what the airlines tell them they can make in the way of connections.

By: Bodega

Bodega — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:18:49 +0000

As those of us who book air travel for clients, know that the policy of married segments can be a nightmare for passengers. Legal connect times doesn’t mean reasonable connect times.