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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by B747-437B
I have never seen a passenger involuntarily misconnect on a legal MCT connection that did not otherwise involve a system failure/variation somewhere in the process chain.
In other words, the MCT is the best case scenario of no flight delays (including being 14 minutes late while being listed as "on time"), no delays getting off the plane, no delays at immigration/customs/security (if applicable), gates are near each other, etc..

Unfortunately, system failure / variation somewhere in the process chain is quite common these days.
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