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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 5:50 pm
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Originally Posted by trekwars2000
..The issue is if you need to be somewhere due to work and the next flight isn't for 24 hours. It isn't about being rebooked it is about being there that day.
This year alone, I missed 2 intl. connections which had more than 4 hours transfer time, and one with almost 3 hours.

If UA pulls the WX or 'mech' card, you simply are SOL. I would never bother to artificially inflate my connection time .
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