Originally Posted by
africaflier
I am making an international reservation to go BOS---IAD, IAD---ACC in July. United has a variety of possible flight connections---the shortest is only 1 hour. Given that there is only one flight to Accra daily, it is foolish to cut it that short, right?

Yes, it would be foolish to cut it that short!
July is thunderstorm season in this part of the US, and just this week I encountered 2 flight delays in and out of IAD/RDU area: one was delayed 1 hour and one was delayed 3, yes, 3 hours due to WX!