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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 7:15 pm
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Originally Posted by bkmn
In my mind, a connection of 30 minutes at any hub is dicey. One single factor such as weather, mechanical, slow ground crews, missing gate agent, slow off-loading of gate-checked bags, etc. can (along with closing the flight 10 minutes before departure) can make you miss your connection.
Especially in winter...even if there is no snow or bad storms...just the need to de-ice can be a delay...some airports are better than others for de-icing... From my experiences...BUF is the WORST in terms of de-icing related delays!
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