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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 7:02 pm
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Originally Posted by StayingHomeIsBetter
My personal MCT in ATL is 60 minutes... and I don't start feeling reasonably comfortable until the connect time gets up to about 90 minutes.
I agree. My personal comfort level with ATL (when I really care about making a connection) is 60+ minutes or 2.5+ hours if traveling to a once a day international destination. But I'm trying to steer this thread away from anecdotes and personal comfort levels and towards the official published MCTs.

There are times when I don't care if I make the connection or not (remember: good things happen when you misconnect) and would like to book flights with the shortest (legal) connection, even if well below my "comfort level."

For the itinerary I was trying to book today I found a workaround and was able to book the desired 45 minute ATL connection online at DL.com that DL RES would not book!
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