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Jun 28, 2010 | 11:14 am

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Originally Posted by daveland

Reviving an old thread because it's related but involves an international inbound.... AA is giving me a 55 min conex time as "legal" - JFK-MAD-ZAG with 55 mins in MAD. I assume that I need to clear customs and go to another terminal making this near impossible not to mention it's the only flight MAD-ZAG. Any actual experience before I switch to a flight that leaves way before I want to leave with way too long a connection in MAD? ;-)

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Originally Posted by daveland

Interestingly, the JFK-MAD flight gets into terminal 4S and the ZAG leg leaves out of 4S. So no terminal change. Does this change anything? Or would I still be insane to try?

First, AFAIK Croatia is not a Schengen state, so you shouldn't have to go through immigration at MAD, just transit security and BP/ID check.

Second, I can't see that tight a connection on the OW timetable. Is it AA > IB? What are the dates/times?

Third, if both flights are at T4S I can't see a huge problem; worst case is probably getting re-routed via BUD on MA if something goes sideways.

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