Umm, OK. This thread is not about one's record-setting connection times. It's a general appraisal of our collective wisdom as to how many minutes should be allocated to reasonably assure a connection can be made, without assuming perfect conditions, extra special knowledge of the airport, or other uncommon exceptions.
OK 45 min plenty at IAH for a domestic arrival.
I agree with 120 for international. It’s either 10 minutes or 90 minutes to clear ICE. Almost never anything in between.
Originally Posted by
sbm12
There should really be four categories: DOM-DOM, DOM-INT, INT-DOM and INT-INT.
Why should a DOM-INT take significantly more time? The only difference I notice is passport check at boarding. Are we adding time for a duty free purchase?
We might consider including a wide-body add-on of 15 if minutes if you are way back on a big plane and a 10 minute add on for B-84 arrivals because they won't let you off until the gate checks are offloaded.