Article: Airlines, Please Stop Selling Ridiculously Tight Connections

[Catweazle]

Had a tight 50 minutes connection in FRA once. The plane was late arriving into MLA, hence a 30 minutes delay.

Ran all the way from one gate to another during peak hour, dodging other passengers left, right and center. Sorry, folks!

Made it on to the aircraft - was the last passenger to jump on the final bus headed out to the plane. I figured my bags had missed it, however.

Suddenly, I noticed the last few bags being loaded on board and spot mine going up the conveyor belt. LH pulled a miracle that day.

 

[Jacques Vert]

Ran all the way from one gate to another during peak hour, dodging other passengers left, right and center. Sorry, folks!

Slightly OT but some years ago we were flying from OKA (Okinawa) to cough (Fukuoka). We arrived in ample time only to find that check-in and security were a zoo. Main problem was dozens of school kids (you know, removing batteries from their check-in bags, having stuff in their carry-on that should have been in the check-in, etc).

By the time we got through security I was sure we had missed our flight. Knowing how dedicated the Japanese are to running everything on time, we ran all the way to the gate where the agent told us our flight was delayed as they were "waiting for a school group of 120"!

 

[DC3]

AA are selling a ticket CLT-MIA-GND with only 55 minutes at MIA. Having not travelled through the US is this doable for a D—>I transfer?

Basically like a ‘domestic’ departure. Just don’t try that on the return flight. It took me over 3 hours through MIA on SXM-MIA-DFW.